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| If your company, registered body or foreign company is registered as a charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission (ACNC) some of your reporting obligations to ASIC will no longer apply. See here for details. |
.| Registered office address | An Australian company must have a registered office to which correspondence can be addressed. A registered office does not need to be located at the company's place of business. If the company does not occupy the premises, the occupier of the premises must have given written consent to the company's use of those premises as its registered office. The address cannot be a post office box address. Tell us of a change to your company's registered office using a Form 484 Change to company details (Section A), which may be lodged online. If lodging on paper you must include your corporate key. You can tell us of a change in registered office address in advance, but if a change has already occurred you must tell us within 28 days after the change. The change takes effect either seven days after lodgement of the notice or a later date if specified. See also Where there is no physical change in address, below. | ||||
| Principal place of business address | An Australian company must tell us the address of its principal place of business. It must be a physical address and cannot be a post office box address. Tell us of a change to your principal place of business address using a Form 484 Change to company details (Section A), which may be lodged online. If lodging on paper you must include your corporate key. You can tell us of a change in advance, but if a change has already occurred you must tell us within 28 days after the change. See also Where there is no physical change in address, below. | ||||
| Company's officeholder's residential address | You must tell us the residential address of all directors, alternate directors and secretaries of a company. The address cannot be a post office box address. In some circumstances e.g. no response received to our correspondence, unpaid invoices or the company being deregistered, we may send correspondence to an officeholder's address. You must tell us within 28 days after a change to an officeholder's address using a Form 484 Change to company details (Section A), which may be lodged online. If lodging on paper you must include your corporate key. In certain circumstances, it is possible to apply to us for approval to have your usual residential address suppressed on our public database, and use an alternative address instead. Refer to Information Sheet 5 Application for suppression of residential address. See also Where there is no physical change in address, below. | ||||
| Proprietary company member's (shareholder) residential address | You must tell us the address of a member (shareholder) of a proprietary company, whether they be an individual or a company. A post office box address may be used. Where a proprietary company has more than 20 members in a share class, you only need to tell us the address of the top 20 members. You must tell us within 28 days after the members' register has been updated using a Form 484 Change to company details (Section A), which may be lodged online. If lodging on paper you must include your corporate key. See also Where there is no physical change in address, below. | ||||
| Registered agent address | If you have appointed a registered agent to act on behalf of your company, we will send correspondence to the agent rather than to the registered office. Registered agents tell us of changes to their address using Form RA01 Notification to register, change details of, or cease as an agent  .The address of the registered agent will appear on your company statement and on any company search under the heading Contact address for ASIC use only. | ||||
| Contact address | If you have not appointed a registered agent, you may nominate a contact address where we can send correspondence. This can be a post office box address. Nominate, change or cease a contact address using a Form 486 Notification to nominate, change or cease a contact address for a company . You must include your corporate key.If telling us of a contact address for a company that has an existing registered agent, a Form 362 must first be lodged to cease the agent acting for the company. If lodging on paper you must include your corporate key. If the contact address is ceased, the mailing address for the company will revert to the registered office address. The contact address will appear on your company statement and on any company search under the heading Contact address for ASIC use only. | ||||
| Email address (online lodgers only) | Registered agents or company officeholders who are registered for online lodgement receive email notification when an annual statement is placed in a user's inbox ready for review. Notify a change to your email address online through the lodgement portal. | ||||
| Foreign companies and registered Australian bodies | Both a registered Australian body and a foreign company must have a registered office in Australia to which correspondence may be addressed. A registered office does not need to be located at the body's place of business. The address cannot be a post office box address. You must tell us of a change in this address within seven days after the change on a Form 489 Notification of change of registered office or office hours of a registered body .In addition, both registered Australian bodies and foreign companies must tell us their registered office address in their state or territory/country of origin. However, if the legislation of that jurisdiction does not require a registered office address, the principal place of business must be provided instead. You must tell us of a change in this address within one month after the change on a Form 489. You must tell us of a change to the residential address of a director of a registered Australian body or a foreign company within one month after the change on a Form 490 Notification of change to directors of a registered body . A foreign company must have appointed a local agent who is resident in Australia, to accept the service of notices on behalf of the company. The address of the local agent cannot be a post office box address. You must tell us of a change in the address of the local agent within one month after the change on a Form 404 Notification of change to agent of a foreign company .A foreign company can also tell us of a change to any of its addresses at the time that it lodges either: • Form 405 Statement to verify financial statements of a foreign company , or • Form 406 Annual return of a foreign company (if financial reporting relief applies). To avoid late fees, tell us of the change within the time periods shown. | ||||
and/or a Form 379 Application for suppression of residential address need to be lodged.
