(1) The registered office of a public company must be open to the public:
- (a)
- each business day from at least 10 am to 12 noon and from at least 2 pm to
4 pm; or
- (b)
- at least 3 hours chosen by the company between 9 am and 5 pm each business
day.
(2) If the company chooses its own opening hours, the hours must be specified:
- (a)
- if the company is to have its own opening hours from its
registrationin the application for registration of the company under
section 117 (normal registration process) or the notice lodged under
section 5H (registration of body as company on basis of State or
Territory law); or
- (b)
- if the company changes its opening hours after its registrationin
the most recent notice of change of opening hours lodged with ASIC under
subsection (3).
(3) The company must lodge notice of a change in the opening hours of its
registered office with ASIC before the day on which a change occurs. The
notice must be in the prescribed form.