Christmas closedown
ASIC offices will be closed from Tuesday 24 December 5:00 PM to Wednesday 1 January 2025, re-opening on Thursday 2 January 2025 8:30 AM AEDT.
Our Customer Contact Centre (CCC) will be unavailable from 12:00 PM AEDT Tuesday 24 December 2024 to 8:30 AM AEDT Thursday 2 January 2025.
During the break, you can use our online services to lodge documents, search our registers and purchase any documents you need.
Lodging company documents
You can lodge forms online and by mail throughout the closedown period. If you're lodging documents via EDGE, your Digital Service Provider (DSP) may be able to provide assistance.
If your company registration is queued for manual review, you can expect a response from Thursday, 2 January 2025.
We will recognise the receipt of paper lodgements received during the closedown period. A late fee will apply if the document lodged was due before the closedown period.
Example 1
If a change is due by close of business 24 December 2024, and we don't receive it until 2 January 2025, a late fee will apply.
Example 2
If a change is due by close of business 26 December 2024, and we don't receive it until 2 January 2025, a late fee will not apply.
Business names
If your business name is queued for manual review, you can expect a response from Thursday, 2 January 2025. For more information about business names, see registering a business name.
Maintenance transactions
You can lodge forms online and by mail throughout the closedown period.
We will recognise the receipt of paper lodgements received during the closedown period.
Managed investment schemes, product disclosure statements and offering securities ASIC Corporations (ASIC Close Down Period) Instrument 2018/1034 may extend (without any further notice from us):
- the time period in which we must register managed investment schemes from 14 to 21 days; and
- the exposure periods that apply to disclosure documents offering securities and Product Disclosure Statements from 7 to 14 days.
You should check that instrument and consider its effect in your circumstances, if you lodge:
- an application for registration of a managed investment scheme, from 5:00 PM on Tuesday, 10 December 2024 until 9:00 AM on Thursday 2 January 2025; or
- a Product Disclosure Statement or a disclosure document offering securities, from 5:00 PM on Tuesday, 17 December 2024 until 9:00 AM on Thursday 2 January 2025.
Annual statements
Annual statements will continue to be sent out for companies and schemes during the closedown period.
Annual review fees can continue to be paid via BPAY or at Australia Post.
Getting copies of forms, fees and publications
Please refer to our website for:
Copies of our forms | information on fees | other ASIC publications.
Searching
Our online searching services remain open throughout the closedown period.
If you wish to use an information broker you will need to check the availability of their services.
Gazette
ASIC Gazette
The last issue for 2024 will be published on Tuesday 24 December.
The first issue of the ASIC Gazette for 2025 will be published on Tuesday 7 January 2025.
Business Gazette
The last issue of the Business Gazette for 2024 will be published on Tuesday 17 December. Notices should be received by 10:00 AM AEDT Friday 13 December 2024.
The first issue of the Business Gazette for 2025 will be published on 2 January 2025. Notices should be received by 10:00 AM AEDT Monday 23 December 2024.