- BUSINESS NAMES
- Arrangement of Sections
- PART I – PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
- PART II – THE REGISTRATION OF BUSINESS NAMES
- PART III – THE USE OF BUSINESS NAMES
- PART V – MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
- PART I - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
- PART II - THE REGISTRATION OF BUSINESS NAMES
- 2. Requirement to register certain business names
- 3. Exemptions from registration
- 4. Application for the registration of a business name
- 5. Restrictions on the registration of certain names
- 6. Powers of registrar on application
- 7. Expiry of the registration of a business name
- 8. Renewal of the registration of a business name
- 9. Removal of names from the register
- 10. Notification of any change in the particulars registered
- 11. Reservation of a business name
- 12. Duty to provide registrar with evidence
- 13. Certificate to be displayed
- 14. Replacement of lost or destroyed certificates
- 15. Registrar of business names
- 16. Registrar to keep a register of business names
- 17. Evidence of documents kept by the registrar
- 18. Fees and penalties
- PART III - THE USE OF BUSINESS NAMES
- PART IV - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
- PART V - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
- SCHEDULE
- TABLE OF FEES TO BE PAID TO THE REGISTRAR
- Table of Acts
Commencement:2 July 1990
LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF VANUATU
CONSOLIDATED EDITION 2004
BUSINESS NAMES ACT NO. 6 OF 1990
Arrangement of Sections
PART I – PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS PART IV – TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
Schedule
To provide for the registration and use of business names for the matters connected therewith.
Be it enacted by the President and Parliament as follows:
PART I PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
1. Interpretation
(1) In this act unless the context otherwise requires –
applicant means the person making application for the registration of a business name;
business includes any lawful form of trade, commerce, profession, or other activity carried on for profit or gain and includes any part of a business, provided that a person shall not be deemed to carry on a business in respect of which is sole gain is b BUSINESS NAMES
BUSINESS NAMES