How to lodge forms: online, email, mail
Key points:
- You can lodge ASIC forms online, by email or mail, depending on the form.
- Many forms you lodge will be published in our registers. People can buy information, which might include a copy of the form.
- For forms lodged by email or mail, you can download a blank form from our website.
- There are rules for lodging documents that are not official forms, and for attaching annexures to forms.
- Electronic signatures are now acceptable on ASIC forms not currently available to submit via our online portals.
Online lodgement
You can use ASIC’s portals to make some updates. For summaries of which updates can be made in which portal, see our portal pages. You can sign up or log in to the relevant portal from here.
Electronic signatures
As part of ASIC’s commitment to simplifying regulation, we support the use of electronic signatures on ASIC forms.
Electronic signatures can be used on ASIC forms in the approved PDF form.
Where an electronic signature is used in place of a handwritten signature, it must either be:
- physically signed on a touchscreen device (e.g. by a stylus or finger), or
- an image of the person’s handwritten signature digitally inserted.
Electronic signatures cannot be used on documents that are attached to ASIC Forms if the document is:
- a document that must be certified as a true copy, or
- a solemn document such as an affidavit or statutory declaration signed in a jurisdiction where the law does not allow electronic signing.
Handwritten and electronic signatures are accepted for forms submitted by mail, and where a form is lodged by email as provided in the list of forms that can be lodged by email below.
You may use various digital methods available that support electronic signature.
Email lodgement
Some ASIC forms can be lodged by email. If a form can be lodged by email, the form page will include a downloadable blank form, the email address for lodgement, and any further instructions.
You can see details in our Document lodgement requirements (PDF 258 KB)
Electronic signature extend to forms that can be lodged by email.
List of forms that can be lodged by email
Mail lodgement
Forms that need to be lodged by mail will include the mailing address.
Forms can be downloaded from our website. If a form has a fee attached, follow the instructions on the form page. See more about payment options.
Allow enough time for the form to reach us by the due date. Any late fees are based on the date we accept the form for lodgement, not the date you send it.
Electronic signatures extend to forms lodged by mail.
Most forms should be mailed to:
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
PO Box 4000
GIPPSLAND MAIL CENTRE VIC 3841
Documents that are not ASIC forms
If there is no ASIC approved form or prescribed form in the Corporations Regulations 2001, send us the information in writing. Always include information so we know who you are and what you are advising us. For example, tell us your name, ACN or ABN, licence number, reference number.
Annexures to forms
If you need to add extra information, you must do this through a document called an annexure. Use the formatting rules listed above. You must also:
- Number the pages of the annexure in order.
- Make sure the person or people who signed the form also sign and date the annexure.
- On the annexure, include the words: ‘This is annexure [identifying number or letter] of [number] pages referred to in the form [form number and title]’.
- On the form, include the words: ‘See annexure [identifying number or letter] of [number] pages’.
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