One of the most common forms which is used as the Australian Securities and Investments Commission is the form to register a new company. You can also lodge the form in person at any ASIC Service Centre or with a Local ASIC Representative.

On Form 201 you must fill in details about:

the proposed company name (if the company does not have a proposed company name, the name on registration will be its ACN)
the class and type of company
the registered office details
the principal business office details
director and secretary details
share structure details and
members’ share details.

Public companies may be required to give other information and / or lodge other documents with the Form 201. There is a ‘guide’ to filling in Form 201 on the last page of the form which will help you.

If the registered office will not be occupied by the company but by, for example, your solicitor or accountant, then the occupier must give written approval for the company to use that address. Do not send this approval to us. Keep it with the company’s records.

When the Form 201 has been completed, the applicant must sign it. The applicant can be either a person or a company.

Mail the form to:

Australian Securities and Investments Commission
PO Box 4000
Gippsland Mail Centre VIC 3841

Certificate of registration

When ASIC receives a Form 201 with the correct fee we will process the application by:

1) Giving the company an ACN

Registering the company. A company comes into existence as a body corporate at the beginning of the day on which ASIC registers it and remains in existence until it is deregistered, and issuing a Certificate of Registration. The company’s name is the name specified on this certificate.

Within two days of registration, we will also issue a corporate key to the company’s registered office address. Obviously, we would recommend that you seek the advice of legal professional before engaging the company incorporation process as it needs to be done correctly to ensure that the administrative details of the incorporation get off on the right foot. If you have questions about these issues, you can also ask a lawyer about any of these things by filling out the contact form to the right. You can download a company registration form here:

Application for registration as an Australian company – Form 201