User Guide: Registered Agent Portal - How to change company details – appoint or cease company officeholders
How to appoint or cease company officeholders
You must submit this form within 28 days of:
•	the appointment of a new company officeholder, or
•	the cessation of a company officeholder, or
•	an officeholder changing their role within the company.
You will need to sign in to your online account before you begin. 
Step 1
Once logged in, select 'start new form' in the left hand menu.
Step 2
From the list of available forms, select '484'.
Step 3
Enter the ACN/ABN.
•	Select 'next' to continue.
Step 4
Review the company details.
•	Select 'yes' to confirm the information displayed is correct.
•	Select 'next' to continue.
Step 5
Select 'appoint or cease officeholder'.
Please read the information regarding late fees carefully.
•	Select 'next' to continue, and
o	If you are appointing an officeholder, go to step 6, or
o	If you are ceasing an officeholder, go to step 8, or
o	If you are adding a new role to an officeholder, go to step 10.
Step 6
Select 'appoint a new officeholder'.
Step 7
•	Enter the relevant appointment dates.  At least one of the three possible appointment dates is required, and the rest of the fields are mandatory.
•	Enter the officeholder’s given and family names.
•	Enter the officeholder’s date and place of birth.  City and town of birth, and residential address are validated for Australian addresses.
•	Select whether the person has any former names.
•	Enter the officeholder’s residential address.
•	Select 'next' to continue and go to step 12. 
If you selected 'yes' for ‘does this person have any former names?' please complete the required information and continue.
Step 8
To cease an existing officeholder, select 'cease' for the relevant officeholder.
Step 9
Enter the date of cessation.
•	Select 'next' to continue and go to step 12.
Step 10
To add a new role for an officeholder, select 'add role'.
Step 11
•	Enter the appointment date for the new role/s.
•	Select 'next' to continue.
Step 12
Review the changes you have made to the company officeholders.
•	If you are satisfied all changes have been made, select 'next' to continue.
Step 13
Select the company’s authorising officeholder from the drop-down list.
•	Select 'yes' to complete the declaration when you are satisfied the document is being lodged within the terms and conditions of ASIC’s Electronic Lodgement Protocol.
•	Select 'submit' to lodge the form with ASIC.
The lodgement process is not instantaneous – it may take some time to process.
If the form is accepted by ASIC, it will appear in 'forms submitted'.
If the form is not accepted, it will appear in 'forms in progress'.  You will need to select it and correct the errors, before resubmitting the form.
Step 14
Your transaction has now been submitted.
•	Select 'next' to continue.
Please note, the system may occasionally present an additional form submission screen at this point.  If this is the case, continue to select 'next' to finalise this transaction.
Published by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. Last updated in October 2014