Corporations Act 2001
A company must have a registered office in this jurisdiction. Communications and notices to the company may be addressed to its registered office.
Note 1: A document may be served on a company by leaving it at, or posting it to, the company ' s registered office (see subsection 109X(1) ).
Note 2: Communications and notices from ASIC may also be addressed to the company ' s contact address (see section 146A ).
[ CCH Note: S 142(1) will be amended by No 69 of 2020, s 3, Sch 1 [ 435], by inserting " or the Registrar " after " ASIC " in note 2, (effective 1 July 2026 or a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation).]
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Hide history note142(2)
A company must lodge notice of a change of address of its registered office with ASIC not later than 28 days after the date on which the change occurs. The notice must be in the prescribed form.
Note: If the company is not to be the occupier of premises at the address of its new registered office, the notice must state that the occupier has consented to the address being specified in the notice and has not withdrawn that consent (see section 100 ).
[ CCH Note: S 142(2) will be amended by No 69 of 2020, s 3, Sch 1 [ 436] and [ 437], by substituting " the Registrar " for " ASIC " and " meet any requirements of the data standards " for " be in the prescribed form " , (effective 1 July 2026 or a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation).]
142(2A)
An offence based on subsection (1) or (2) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .
142(3)
A notice of change of address takes effect from the later of: (a) the seventh day after the notice was lodged; or (b) a later day specified in the notice as the date from which the change is to take effect.
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