Registration of Business Names (Amendment) Act 2013 - No. 10 - Annual returns and removal from the register

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An Act of Montserrat amending the Registration of Business Names Act (Cap. 11.11). It introduces a new section 3A requiring businesses to submit prescribed annual returns by 1 April each year, with accompanying fees, and creates offences for non-compliance. It amends provisions on removal from the register where a business is not carrying on business or where annual returns or fees are not filed. It also updates who serves as Registrar and adjusts inspection and certification mechanisms, with rules for fees and forms.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

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Pages9

Reading Time23 min

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Arrangement of Sections

Short title

Interpretation

Insertion of section 3A

Section 15 amended

Section 17 amended

Section 18 amended

Section 19 amended

Business Names Rules amended

Schedule - Business Names (Amendment) Rules

Short title

Interpretation

Rule 2 amended

Rule 6 amended

M O N T S E R R A T REGISTRATION OF BUSINESS NAMES (AMENDMENT) ACT 2013 No. 10 of 2013 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 1 Short title ................................................................................................... 2 2 Interpretation ............................................................................................. 2 3 Insertion of section 3A .............................................................................. 3 4 Section 15 amended .................................................................................. 3 5 Section 17 amended .................................................................................. 4 6 Section 18 amended .................................................................................. 4 7 Section 19 amended .................................................................................. 5 8 Business Names Rules amended ............................................................... 5 SCHEDULE ............................................................................................ 5 BUSINESS NAMES (AMENDMENT) RULES................................... 5 1 Short title ................................................................................................... 5 2 Interpretation ............................................................................................. 5 3 Rule 2 amended ......................................................................................... 6 4 Rule 6 amended ......................................................................................... 6 5 Replacement of“Registrar of the High Court”............................................ 7 6 Insertion of form ........................................................................................ 7 I ASSENT Adrian Davis (Sgd.) GOVERNOR DATE: 8.7.13 M O N T S E R R A T No. 10 of 2013 AN ACT TO AMEND THE REGISTRATION OF BUSINESS NAMES ACT (CAP 11.11) . BE IT ENACTED by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Montserrat and by the Authority of the same as follows— 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Registration of Business Names (Amendment) Act, 2013. 2 Interpretation In this Act— “principal Act” means the Registration of Business Names Act (Cap. 11.11) . 3 Insertion of section 3A The principal Act is amended by inserting the following as section 3A— “3A. Annual returns (1) A business shall, not later than the 1st day of April in each year after its registration under this Act, submit to the Registrar an annual return in the prescribed form containing the prescribed information for the preceding year ending the 31st day of December, accompanied by the prescribed fee. (2) Subject to section 15, an individual or firm who fails to comply with this section commitsan offence and is liable to a fine of $1000 or to 3 months imprisonment, or to both.” 4 Section 15 amended The principal Act is amended by deleting section 15 (3) and substituting the following: “(3) Where— (a) the Registrar has reasonable cause to believe that a firm or individual registered under this Act is not carrying on business; or (b) a person fails to file the annual return or pay the prescribed annual return fee under section 3A; the Registrar may send to the firm or individual by registered post a notice— (i) in respect of paragraph (a), that if no answer as to whether the firm or individual is still carrying on business is received within one month from the issue date of the notice; or (ii) in respect of paragraph (b), that unless the annual return is filed or the fee is paid within one month from the issue date of the notice, the firm or individual may be removed from the register.” 5 Section 17 amended The principal Act is amended by deleting section 17 and substituting the following: “17. The Commissioner of Financial Services i

FAQs

What new obligation does the Act impose on registered businesses each year?

It requires submission of an annual return in the prescribed form by 1 April each year, covering the preceding year ending 31 December, with the prescribed fee.

When can a firm or individual be removed from the register?

Where the Registrar has reasonable cause to believe the firm or individual is not carrying on business, or where the annual return is not filed or the annual return fee is not paid within the notice period.

Who is designated as the Registrar under the amended Act?

The Commissioner of Financial Services is the Registrar for the purposes of the Act.

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