Registering as a liquidator

Before you start your application
When you are ready to begin your application
When you will hear about your application
Where to send your application
Professional indemnity and fidelity insurance
More information

Before you start your application

Take the time to thoroughly read our Regulatory Guide 186 External Administration: Liquidator registration [formerly PS 186] as it outlines our approach to the registration of liquidators and official liquidators under Part 9.2 of the Corporations Act 2001. It sets out:

our approach to the criteria you must meet to become a registered liquidator
our approach to what you must do to remain registered as a liquidator, and
when we will register you under the categories of ‘official liquidator’ or ‘liquidator of a specified body corporate’

Download a copy of Regulatory Guide 186 (PDF 191 KB)

See Registering as an 'official liquidator'

When you ready to begin your application

When you are ready to begin, download a copy of our liquidator's registration kit How to apply for registration as a liquidator. It gives guidance on:

(a)	the application process for registration as a liquidator (Section 1); and
(b)	what information you must submit with your application to help us make an informed assessment about whether to grant it (Section 2).

This kit also includes relevant regulatory guides, pro formas and other attachments that should be used to prepare your application.

See Liquidator Registration to download the Liquidator Registration Kit

When will you hear about your application?

We aim to form a preliminary view about whether to grant or refuse your application within 6 weeks of receiving all the information and documents required. However, this time will be affected by:

whether we are waiting for further information from you about any aspect of the application; and

how quickly we receive from third parties any confirmation that we may have requested about information in your application.

For more information about how we will deal with your application, read Section 1 of our Liquidator registration kit (PDF).

To help you ensure that you have included all the relevant material with your application, we suggest you use a copy of our checklist for liquidator registration (PDF).

Where to send your application

Mail your completed application, together with the prescribed fee of $330 to:

Liquidator Registration Team

Australian Securities & Investments Commission

GPO Box 9827

Adelaide SA 5001.

Professional indemnity insurance and fidelity insurance

Refer to Regulatory Guide 194 Insurance requirements for registered liquidators (PDF) for details of how ASIC will administer the new insurance requirements for registered liquidators in s1284 of the Corporations Act 2001.

Before we will grant your application for registration as a liquidator, you will need to demonstrate that you have adequate and appropriate professional indemnity insurance and fidelity insurance for claims that may be made against you in connection with externally administered bodies corporate.

More information

Liquidation registration kit

Registration of official liquidators

Applications for registration as a liquidator
For more information about the registration process please contact us online or phone us on 1300 300 630.

ASIC Website: Printed 03/16/2010

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