What the notification does
Under section 1 of the Business Names Registration Act 2014, the Minister for Finance appointed 3 January 2016 as the date on which the Act comes into operation. The notice concerns Act 29 of 2014 and is cited as the 2015 commencement notification.
Making, publication and commencement are distinct dates
The notification was made on 21 December 2015 and first published in the electronic Government Gazette on 31 December 2015 at noon. Its appointed operative date was 3 January 2016. Publication on 31 December does not change the expressly stated commencement date.
Scope of this historical source
The single-page notice contains the citation, commencement clause, signature and reference identifiers. It does not set registration fees, eligibility rules or filing steps. Those substantive topics belong to the Act and its regulations rather than this commencement document.
Official source
This article independently explains the substantive contents of the official PDF, including the relevant conditions, procedures and annexes. The linked document remains the authoritative source for its original wording, and later changes should be checked separately.
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