Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00185:section:3:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00185
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3 (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 408273–410397

replaceable rule (see 1.6) that, before issuing new shares, a company must first offer them to the existing shareholders in the proportions that the shareholders already hold. A company may issue shares at a price it determines.
[sections 254B, 254D]

3.7 Registered office
  A company must have a registered office in Australia and must inform ASIC of the location of the office. A post office box cannot be the registered office of a company. The purpose of the registered office is to have a place where all communications and notices to the company may be sent.
  If the company does not occupy the premises where its registered office is located, the occupier of the premises must agree in writing to having the company's registered office located there.
  A proprietary company is not required to open its registered office to the public but this does not affect its obligation to make documents available for inspection.
  The company must notify ASIC of any change of address of its registered office.
[sections 100, 142, 143, 173, 1300]

3.8 Principal place of business
  If a company has a principal place of business that is different from its registered office, it must notify ASIC of the address of its principal place of business and of any changes to that address.
[sections 117, 146]

3.9 Registers kept by the company
  A company must keep registers, including a register of shareholders. A company must keep its registers at:
• the company's registered office; or
• the company's principal place of business; or
• a place (whether on premises of the company or of someone else) where the work in maintaining the register is done; or
• another place approved by ASIC.
  A register may be kept either in a bound or looseleaf book or on computer.
  If a register is kept on computer, its contents must be capable of being printed out in hard copy.
[sections 172, 1300, 1301, 1306]

3.10 Register of shareholders
  A company must keep in its register of shareholders such information as:
• the names and addresses of its shareholders; and
• details of shares held by individual shareholders.
[sections 168—169]