Corporations Regulations 2001

SCHEDULE 7 - EXEMPTIONS FROM REQUIREMENTS TO SET OUT CERTAIN CORPORATE PARTICULARS  

(regulations 2B.6.03 and 5B.3.03 )

7004   Exemptions - quotation of ACNs and ARBNs  

7004(1)    
A company is exempt from the requirement to set out the relevant information on a public document, or a negotiable instrument, of the company if:

(a)    the company is registered on the Australian Business Register; and

(b)    the last 9 digits of its ABN are the same, and in the same order, as the last 9 digits of its ACN; and

(c)    ' Australian Business Number ' or ' ABN ' is displayed with the name of the company, or with 1 of the references to that name:

(i) in the case of a document or instrument in which the name appears on only 1 page - on that page; and

(ii) in the case of a document or instrument in which the name appears on 2 or more pages - on the first of those pages.

7004(2)    
A registered Australian body or registered foreign body is exempt from the requirement to set out information mentioned in paragraph 601DE(1)(b) and subsection 601DE(2) of the Act on a public document, or a negotiable instrument, of the registered body or foreign company if:

(a)    the body or company is also registered on the Australian Business Register; and

(b)    the last 9 digits of its ABN are the same, and in the same order, as the last 9 digits of its ARBN; and

(c)    ' Australian Business Number ' or ' ABN ' is displayed with the name of the body or company, or with 1 of the references to that name:

(i) in the case of a document or instrument in which the name appears on only 1 page - on that page; and

(ii) in the case of a document or instrument in which the name appears on 2 or more pages - on the first of those pages.