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Company Name

Does the company have a proposed company name and legal element COMPANY NAME A name is available unless it is identical to: a name that is currently reserved or registered under the Corporations Act for another body, or a name that is included on the national business names register in respect of another individual or body who is not the person applying to have the name, or is unacceptable for registration under the Corporations Regulations 2001. Please refer to this document Words of company name not found in the Macquarie dictionary are allowed but it may mean that your order is flagged for manual approval. Manual approvals take place during standard business hours. If you do not wish to choose a name, select use ACN and ASIC will use the ACN allocated to the company upon registration as the name along with the selected legal elements. eg ACN 123 456 789 PTY LTD. LEGAL ELEMENTS The legal elements of a company are the words depicting the type of company (such as Proprietary Limited or PTY. LTD.). The selected legal elements will appear on the end of your chosen company name, eg ABCD PTY. LTD.	Yes, the company name is: No, the ACN will be the company name (Note: If you choose this option ASIC will assign the ACN as the company name upon registration, your company will not have your own name. e.g. the name of your company will be " A.C.N. 123 456 789 Pty Ltd", where 123 456 789 is an example ACN. Please note, for changing the name of a company after it has been registered, Form 205A would need to be filed with ASIC which costs $366)

Jurisdiction and Type


Which State or Territory would you like your company registered in?
Is this company for a special purpose? SPECIAL PURPOSE COMPANIES If any of the listed special purposes sound like your company and you are unsure what to do please read ASIC's special purpose companies page. Most companies won't have a special purpose.	By selecting a special purpose you declare that this company is a special purpose company as defined under Regulation 3 of the Corporations (Review Fees) Regulations 2003.
	No, not applicable Home unit Superannuation trustee Charitable purposes only

Name reservation

Has the company name been reserved with ASIC with a Form 410? NAME RESERVATION A name can be reserved for an initial period of two months, and if there is a valid reason, subsequently extended for a further two months by lodging a form 401 with ASIC. During this time the name is considered unavailable to anyone else. Only exceptional circumstances would allow more than two extensions to be granted.	No Yes

Reservation Appliant Name
Asic Name Reservation number
Organisation :
Person :

First Name
Middle Name(Optional)
Family Name

Identical Business Names

Is the proposed name identical to a registered business name(s)? IDENTICAL BUSINESS NAMES If the proposed name of the new company is identical to a registered business name, the new company name can only be used if the owner(s) of the company will the same as the owner(s) of the business name or the business name is ceased. If you are unsure you can check identical names by searching at asic.	No Yes, I declare that I own, or am registering the company for the owner(s) of the identical business name(s), the registration details of which are listed below.

Is the business name(s) registered AFTER 28 May 2012? Registered Business Name and ABNR The National Business Names Registration Service commenced on 28 May 2012. Prior to this date, the business names were registered in each state and territory. Under the old system, the business name was assigned a business registration number with different format in each State/Territory. The national business names registered under the new national system are identified by an ABN (Australian Business Number). If your business name was registered after 28 May 2012 then you will need to enter ABN here. Otherwise, you will need to enter your .Previous business number. and .Previous state/territory of registration..	Yes, the ABN is : No, the business name was registered BEFORE 28 May 2012

For business names registered before 28 May 2012 without an ABN	Previous Business Number	Previous State/Territory of registration
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