2009
October 1st
- Directors are required to have a service addresses on the public register – the registrar will still require the usual residential address but this will not be shown on the public record.
- Directors may have different service addresses for different companies in which they are involved.
- There is no restriction on the jurisdiction of the service address.
- Directors can apply to restrict disclosure of their usual residential address to credit reference agencies – similar to the confidentiality order scheme.
- Ability to remove the historical address from the public record where the director is at risk.
- There will be different disclosure requirements for corporate directors for example the country where it is registered and its registered number.
- There will be a new requirement for directors to disclose any former names used in the course of their business.
- The registrar can put residential address on register in place of service address is not valid. Not permitted to use service address for 5 years.
- Service address must be where service of documents can be made by physical delivery. Delivery must be able to be recorded by obtaining an acknowledgement or receipt.
- Service address cannot be a PO Box or DX number.