Registered
office
- It is quite common and acceptable for the registered office to be the Australian residential address of a director of the company.
- A registered office is a place where certain official documents,
communications or notices to the company may be sent or left - section 142(1)
of the Corporations Act 2001.
- A company must have a registered office in Australia - section
142(1)
of the Corporations Act 2001.
- A post office box CANNOT be specified as an address of a company's
registered office - section 100(1)(c)
of the Corporations Act 2001.
- The company's registered office need not be in the same Australian state or
territory as the state or territory in which the company is taken to be registered
(but it usually is).
- The company's registered office need not be the same place as the company's
principal place of business in Australia (but it often is).
- The company's registered office need not be in the same Australian state or
territory as the company's principal place of business in Australia (but it usually is).
- A company that does not occupy its registered office must get the actual
occupier's written consent to the company's use of those premises as
its registered office, and must be able to produce the consent to ASIC
if requested to do so - sections 100(2)
and 143(1)
of the Corporations Act 2001. A common example of this scenario occurs when
a company has an arrangement with its solicitors or accountants, whereby
in return for the payment of an annual fee, the company's solicitors
or accountants consent to the company's registered office being located
at their offices - this is a common practice.
- A public company must keep its registered office open to the public
during certain hours - section 145(1)
of the Corporations Act 2001. A private/proprietary company need not do this.
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