Section 146 — Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)

Change of address of principal place of business

(1) A company must lodge with ASIC notice of a change of the address of its principal place of business not later than 28 days after the date on which the change occurs. The notice must be in the prescribed form.

(2) An offence based on subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.

Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation at 17 May 2026. For the latest information on Australian Government law please go to https://www.legislation.gov.au. Verify the current text against the official source before relying on it.

Related sections

s 143 — ASIC may change address of registered office to a director’s address
s 144 — Company’s name must be displayed at registered office etc.
s 145 — Opening hours of registered office of public company
s 146A — Contact address
s 147 — When a name is available
s 148 — A company’s name

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