How to appoint or cease a registered agent

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Complete this transaction when you want to inform ASIC that you have been appointed or ceased as the registered agent for a company.

You must have a paper copy of the Form 362, signed by an officeholder of the company, showing your appointment or cessation as their registered agent. You must retain this paper form.

You will need to log in to your online account before you begin.

Start transaction

Once logged in, select 'Start new form' in the left hand menu.

Select form type

From the list of available forms, select '362'.

For how to submit a Form 362 Appointment of a registered agentgo to Appointment of a registered agent (page 5).

For how to submit a Form 362 Cessation of a registered agentgo to Cease a registered agent (page 7).

Appointment of a registered agent

Enter the ACN/ABN.

  • Select the 'Appointment' button.
  • Select 'Next' to continue.

Review the agent details.

  • Select 'Yes' to confirm the information displayed is correct.
  • Select 'Next' to continue and go to Declare (page 9).

Cease a registered agent

Enter the ACN/ABN.

  • Select the 'Cessation' button.
  • Select 'Next' to continue.

Review the company details.

  • Select 'Yes' to confirm the information displayed is correct.
  • Select 'Next' to continue.

Declare

Select the company’s authorising officeholder from the drop-down list.

Select 'Yes' to complete the declaration when you are satisfied the document is being lodged within the terms and conditions of ASIC’s Electronic Lodgement Protocol.

  • Select 'Submit' to lodge the form with ASIC.

Confirmation

This screen confirms your document was submitted to ASIC.

  • Select 'Next' to continue.

Note: Occasionally the system may present an additional form submission screen at this point. If this is the case, continue to select 'Next' to finalise this transaction.

What is an ASIC key?

Your ASIC key is a unique number used in ASIC Connect that helps us establish your identity and protects your business information by making sure only you and those you have authorised can access it.

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A corporate key is an 8-digit number uniquely associated with a company’s ACN. Your company needs only one corporate key.

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What is an invitation key?

An invitation key is a unique key to register for, or connect to an entity in, the ASIC Regulatory Portal.

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Your industry funding security key is a unique number used to launch an online transaction in the ASIC Regulatory Portal that will enable us to calculate your final industry funding invoice. You will be prompted to submit business activity metric information on the operation of your business in the previous financial year.

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Last updated: 30/03/2021 09:31