Manage your director ID
Once you have your director ID, you can view, update and manage your details online at any time.
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Using your director ID
Once you've received your director ID, keep it safe until you need to use it.
If you're a director under the:
- Corporations Act - there is no requirement to provide your director ID to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)
- Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act - you are required by law to provide your director ID number to your corporation record-holder (or corporations if you're a director of more than one) within 14 days of getting your director ID. This might be your corporation secretary, another director, a contact person or an authorised agent of the corporation.
View or update your details
If you have a myID with at least a Standard identity strength, you can log in to ABRS online.
Once you log in, you can view your director ID or update your details anytime, including:
- checking your director ID number and status
- editing your profile preferences and some of your personal details.
If you don’t have a myID, and you want to find your director ID number or update your details, contact us.
If you can't phone us or update your details online, use this paper form – Update your personal details (NAT75330, PDF, 343KB).
Update your details with your company or corporation
Corporations Act directors
If your personal details change, you must notify your company within 7 days. Details may include your name, role or address.
The person (or people) responsible for keeping your company officeholders' details up-to-date must notify ASIC of the change. They need to do this within 28 days to avoid late fees.
They can update officeholders’ names and addresses and other details using ASIC’s online services at Changing officeholder details
CATSI Act directors
If you're a director of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation, you must notify your corporation of any changes to your personal details within 14 days. The corporation must notify the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC) of the change within 28 days.
Protect your identity
Your director ID confirms your identity and will in future show which registered entities you’re linked to.
We will only disclose your director ID to you or to:
- certain Commonwealth, state and territory government bodies
- courts and tribunals.
A director ID isn’t governed by the same rules or laws that apply to an individual tax file number (TFN). An authorised agent or company secretary must ensure that information about a company and its officeholders is:
- handled according to their legal obligations
- securely stored in accordance with the National Privacy Principles and the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)
The law doesn’t authorise us to disclose director IDs to the public without the director’s consent. For now, your director ID will not be searchable by the public. The Registrar will consult the community about what details can be disclosed and searched in the future.
Your legal obligations
As a director of an entity registered under the:
- Corporations Act 2001
- Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (CATSI Act), or
- Australian Charities and Non-for-Profits Commission (ACNC) Act 2012
You must be actively involved in overseeing the company’s affairs and give your written consent to be appointed as a director.
Directors are responsible under taxation and business registry laws for:
- ensuring timely reporting and payment of their company’s tax and super obligations
- maintaining Australian Business Number (ABN) contact and associate details on the Australian Business Registry.
Penalties may apply if records are not maintained. if company liabilities are not paid by the due date, director penalties may apply.