- Laws of Fiji

Last Updated: 24 June 2022

[COM 43] Removal of names from register if cease to carry on business43

(1) If any firm or person to whom a business name is registered ceases to carry on business using the business name, each of the following must notify the Registrar using the prescribed form within 28 days of ceasing to use the business name—

(a)the firm or person;
(b)if the person is a partnership, the partners; or
(c)if the person is a company or foreign company, the directors of the company or persons in equivalent positions in a foreign company.

(2) On receipt of the prescribed form, the Registrar may remove the business name from the register of business names.

(3) Where the Registrar has reasonable cause to believe that any firm or person to whom a business name is registered is not carrying on business under that business name, the Registrar may issue a notice to the firm or person at their registered office or principal place of business that the Registrar intends to remove the business name from the register of business names if a response which is satisfactory to the Registrar is not received within 3 months of the date of the notice.

(4) If the Registrar—

(a)considers that the business name should not have been registered;
(b)does not receive a response which is satisfactory to the Registrar within 3 months of the date of the notice issued under subsection (3); or
(c)receives a response to the notice issued under subsection (3) from a firm or person to whom a business name is registered to the effect that the firm or person has ceased to carry on business under the business name,

the Registrar may remove the business name from the register of business names.