Restricted words in company and body corporate names
The words and expressions that are restricted in company and body corporate names are set out in Schedule 6 of the Corporations Regulations 2011.
Some words and phrases cannot be used without the approval of a government minister.
Schedule 6 - Availability of Names
APRA Guidelines
Guidelines for names relating to financial institutions
Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education guidelines
Treasury Guidelines
- Aboriginal Corporation, Aboriginal Council or Torres Strait Islander Corporation
- Chamber of Commerce or Chamber of Manufactures
- Co-operative
- Chartered
- Commonwealth and Federal
- Consumer
- Suggesting a connection with the Crown, certain Governments, municipal or other local authority or a Commonwealth, State or Territory department, authority or instrumentality
- Suggesting a connection with an ex-servicemen’s organisation if that connection does not exist
- Executor
- Friendly Society
- GST
- Guarantee
- Identical Names
- Suggesting that an organisation is one of totally or partially incapacitated war veterans if this is not the case
- Incorporated
- Made in Australia
- Police and policing
- Suggesting a connection with a member of the Royal Family or the receipt of Royal patronage
- R.S.L. or RSL
- Sir Donald Bradman
- Starr Bowkett
- Stock Exchange
- Trust or Trustee