User Guide: Registered Agent Portal – how to appoint or cease a registered agent
How to appoint or cease a registered agent
Complete this transaction when you want to inform ASIC that you have been appointed or ceased as the registered agent for a company.
You must have a paper copy of the Form 362, signed by an officeholder of the company, showing your appointment or cessation as their registered agent.  You must retain this paper form.
You will need to log 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 '362'.
For how to submit a Form 362 Appointment of a registered agent, go to step 3.
For how to submit a Form 362 Cessation of a registered agent, go to step 5.
Step 3
Enter the ACN/ABN.
•	Select the 'appointment' button.
•	Select 'next' to continue.
Step 4
Review the company details.
•	Select 'yes' to confirm the information displayed is correct.
•	Select 'next' to continue and go to step 7.
Step 5
Enter the ACN/ABN.
•	Select the 'cessation' button.
•	Select 'next' to continue.
Step 6
Review the company details.
•	Select 'yes' to confirm the information displayed is correct.
•	Select 'next' to continue.
Step 7
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 8
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