Treasury Laws Amendment (Business Registries Stabilisation and Uplift) Act 2026 (57 of 2026)

Schedule 2   ASIC powers

Part 3   Communicating with ASIC, and ASIC's communications with others

Division 1   Communicating with ASIC

National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009

31   After section 217

Insert:

217A Manner and format requirements for lodging with, or giving or providing to, ASIC

(1) This section applies if a provision of this Act requires or permits a person to:

(a) lodge with ASIC a document or information; or

(b) give or otherwise provide to ASIC a document or information.

(2) In order for a document or information to be so lodged, given or provided, the person must meet any manner and format requirements for doing so.

(3) Such manner and format requirements may be:

(a) for a document to be lodged in accordance with subsection 217(1) - approved as mentioned in that subsection; or

(b) in every case - approved under subsection (4) of this section for documents or information of that kind.

(4) ASIC may in writing:

(a) approve a manner for lodging with, or giving or providing to, ASIC a document or information of a specified kind; or

(b) approve a format for lodging with, or giving or providing to, ASIC a document or information of a specified kind.

ASIC must publish each approval on its website.

Note 1: A manner or format could be electronic.

Note 2: ASIC may approve different manners or formats for different kinds of documents or information (see subsection 33(3A) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901).

Note 3: Specifying a kind of document or information could include referring to the provision of this Act that requires it to be lodged with or given to ASIC.