Corporations Act 2001
A person may lodge an application in the prescribed form with ASIC to reserve a name for a registrable Australian body or a foreign company. If the name is available, ASIC must reserve it.
Note: For available names, see section 601DC .
[ CCH Note 1: S 601DA(1) will be amended by No 69 of 2020, s 3, Sch 1[925] and [ 926], by substituting " with the Registrar " for " in the prescribed form with ASIC " and " the Registrar " for " ASIC " (second occurring) (effective 1 July 2026 or a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation).]
[ CCH Note 2: S 601DA(1A) will be inserted by No 69 of 2020, s 3, Sch 1[927] (effective 1 July 2026 or a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation). S 601DA(1A) will read:
601DA(1A)
The application must meet any requirements of the data standards.]
601DA(2)
The reservation lasts for 2 months from the date when the application was lodged. An applicant may ask ASIC in writing for an extension of the reservation during a period that the name is reserved, and ASIC may extend the reservation for 2 months.
[ CCH Note: S 601DA(2) will be amended by No 69 of 2020, s 3, Sch 1[928], by substituting " the Registrar " for " ASIC " (wherever occurring) (effective 1 July 2026 or a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation).]
601DA(3)
ASIC must cancel a reservation if the applicant asks ASIC in writing to do so.
[ CCH Note 1: S 601DA(3) will be amended by No 69 of 2020, s 3, Sch 1 [ 929] and [930], by substituting " The Registrar " for " ASIC " (first occurring) and " the Registrar " for " ASIC " (second occurring) (effective 1 July 2026 or a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation).]
[ CCH Note 2: S 601DA(4) will be inserted by No 69 of 2020, s 3, Sch 1[931] (effective 1 July 2026 or a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation). S 601DA(4) will read:
601DA(4)
A request under subsection (2) or (3) must meet any requirements of the data standards.]
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