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Principal contact for business name registration

If you are a business name holder, you may be able to nominate a ‘principal contact’ to receive notices from ASIC on behalf of all partners or members of the business entity.

About principal contacts

A principal contact is taken to be the agent for the business name registration.

A principal contact can be nominated for:

  • a partnership
  • an unincorporated association or body
  • a trust
  • a joint venture.

Sole traders and companies cannot nominate a principal contact.

If you nominate a principal contact, you must tell us their contact address and keep their contact details up to date on the register. Use the form below. Make any changes within 28 days.

You can also remove the nominated principal contact.

Before you start

You will need a signed notice that nominates the principal contact. Who must sign the notice depends on your business structure. For a:

  • partnership, each partner must sign the notice
  • unincorporated association or body, each member of the committee of management must sign the notice
  • trust, each trustee must sign the notice
  • joint venture, each joint venture partner must sign the notice.

Steps to add, remove or update a principal contact

Download and fill in the form

Use this form to:

  • add the principal contact to the business names register
  • update the details of the principal contact on the business names register
  • remove the principal contact from the business names register.

Change details of other business name representatives form

If you are adding the principal contact, you must attach the signed notice.

Send us the form

You can email the form (and notice if needed) to BN.lodgements@asic.gov.au.

Or you can mail it to:

Australian Securities and Investments Commission
PO Box 4000
GIPPSLAND MAIL CENTRE
VIC 3841