Referral of the bills
Overview of the bills
Background of the bills
Current business names registration processes
The merit of the proposed legislation
Conduct of the inquiry
Structure of the report

Provisions of the bills

Relevant clauses and regulations
Entities' obligations under the AML/CTF Act
The current capacity of credit checking organisations to verify their data from state and territory business registers
The problem with draft regulation 9
Clause 77 of the bill and the difficulties in matching data
The Privacy Act and the Information Privacy Principles

Probate law and jurisdiction—clause 40 of the bill
Domain names
Trademarks
Opportunistic registration
A database with 'unsatisfied judgments'
An education campaign
Fees and formulas—Business Names Registration (Fees) Bill 2011
Committee view

Non-government entities' ability to verify register information
Clause 40 of the bill and probate law
Intellectual property, trademarks and domain names
Fee provisions
Final comment