Note from ASIC
Our Electronic Lodgement Protocol (ELP) is now updated and we’re accepting electronic signatures on this form.
This means ASIC Registered Agents can now collect and store the Form 362 electronically.
The Form 362 must be signed by a current company officeholder. The person signing the form must use one of the following signing options:
- Physically sign on a paper version of the document,
- Physically sign on a touchscreen device (eg. by stylus or finger) or
- Digitally insert an image of the person’s usual signature.
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Navigation
| From the Main Toolbar, go to Company. | |
| Select Prepare Agent Form |
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Select Form 362 - Registered Agent Appointment and Cessation.
Instructions
Registered Agent Appointment & Cessation
This form is prepared when a company nominates a new ASIC Agent or wishes to Cease the current ASIC Agent. This form must be signed by an officer of the company.
| Field | Explanation |
|---|---|
Would you like to add a company to your agent list? |
Select YES if you wish to nominate yourself as the ASIC Agent for the company. |
| Would you like to remove a company to your agent list? | Select YES if you wish to cease yourself as the ASIC Agent for the company. |
| Select Company | Select the company. Note: The company must first be added to the Company Selection screen |
Form Signatory |
Select the signatory on the Form. CAS 360 will automatically select the Form signatory from the Officers screen. |
| Agent | Select the ASIC Agent details. CAS 360 will automatically select the Agent from the General details screen (if one has been selected). |
Click Prepare Forms
After Form 362 has been lodged and accepted, CAS 360 will lodge an RA 71 automatically to ASIC. After the validation for RA 71 is received back to CAS 360, the user can import the company details from ASIC by hovering the mouse towards the RA 72 notification on the Notification Bell.
To import this data into your CAS 360 for the company,
| From the Main Toolbar, select |
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Besides the company click,
Selecting Import will overwrite the existing data for the selected company and replace the information with the data from the ASIC Electronic Data.
Users will have the ability to select the ASIC data to be imported.
Toggle beside the data type.
Users can choose particular company data to be imported including:
- Company Details
- Shareholders
- Officeholders
- Addresses
- Ultimate holding company
Click Import
If any historical information was entered for the selected company, importing an Electronic Data Download will cause this historical information to be lost from CAS 360.
For more information on data downloads, see: Form RA71 - Request Electronic Data Download.
After lodging Form 362, Agents can update the companies Registered Office Address with Form 484.
Processing time
Please note that ASIC can take up to a few hours to process the lodged Form 362 and appoint the recorded agent on the form as the company's registered agent.
This can mean that any forms (E.g. Form 484) lodged immediately after Form 362 may be rejected by ASIC as you have yet to be appointed as the registered agent. Please allow for a few hours before attempting to lodge again.
See also:
How to Prepare Form 486
Form 486 is used to notify ASIC of a company's contact address - an address other than the registered office, used for receiving ASIC correspondence.
In CAS 360, preparing Form 362 will prepare a combined Form 362/486 document. The Form 362 section is prefilled, the Form 486 section is not and must be completed manually:
- In the Document Production screen, preview the Form 362/486 document.
- Manually edit the Form 486 fields directly on the previewed document.
- Download the completed document as a PDF.
Note: Because the Form 486 section must be manually prepared and is combined with the Form 362 details on a single document, the whole Form 362/486 cannot be sent for electronic signing. The document must be signed manually (in ink or via a wet/scanned signature on the downloaded PDF).
Once signed, Form 362/486 can be lodged with ASIC by email.