Corporations Regulations 2001

SCHEDULE 6 - AVAILABILITY OF NAMES  

(regulations 2B.6.01 , 2B.6.02 , 5B.3.01 , 5B.3.02 and 8A.4.10 )

PART 1 - RULES FOR ASCERTAINING WHETHER NAMES ARE IDENTICAL  

SECTION 6101.  

6101.    

In comparing one name with another for paragraph 147(1)(a) or (b) or 601DC(1)(a) or (b) or for subparagraph 1213B(5)(a)(i) , (ii) , (iii) or (iv) of the Act, the following matters are to be disregarded:

(a)    the use of the definite or indefinite article as the first word in one or both of those names;

(b)    the use of ' Proprietary ' , ' Pty ' , ' Limited ' , ' Ltd ' , ' No Liability ' or ' NL ' in one or both of the names;

(c)    whether a word is in the plural or singular number in one or both names;

(d)    the type, size and case of letters, the size of any numbers or other characters, and any accents, spaces between letters, numbers or characters, and punctuation marks, used in one or both names;

(e)    the fact that one name contains a word or expression in column 2 of the following table and the other name contains an alternative for that word or expression in column 3:

Column 1 Item	Column 2 Word or expression	Column 3 Alternative
1	Australian	Aust
2	Company	Co or Coy
3	Co	Company or Coy
4	Coy	Company or Co
5	Number	No
6	and	&
7	Incorporated	Inc
8	Corporation	Corp
9	Australian Company Number	ACN
10	Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle	CCIV
11	Sub-fund	SF