Section 601CBCorporations Act 2001 (Cth)

Application for registration

Subject to this Part, where a registrable Australian body lodges an application for registration under this Division that is in the prescribed form and is accompanied by:

(a) a certified copy of a current certificate of its incorporation or registration in its place of origin, or a document of similar effect; and

(b) a certified copy of its constitution; and

(c) a list of its directors containing personal details of those directors that are equivalent to the personal details of directors referred to in subsection 242(2); and

(e) notice of the address of:

(i) if it has in its place of origin a registered office for the purposes of a law (other than this Act) there in force—that office; or

(ii) otherwise—its principal place of business in its place of origin; and

(f) notice of the address of its registered office under section 601CT;

ASIC must:

(g) grant the application and register the body under this Division by entering the body’s name in a register kept for the purposes of this Division; and

(h) allot to the body an ARBN distinct from the ARBN or ACN of each body corporate (other than the body) already registered as a company or registered body under this Act.

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.

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