Official company records for Christmas Island, on demand

Christmas Island is an Australian external territory, one of the Indian Ocean Territories, where Australian corporate law applies directly. Commonwealth legislation defines Australia, when used in a geographical sense, to include the Territory of Christmas Island (Acts Interpretation Act 1901, section 2B), and the Corporations Act 2001 names the Territory of Christmas Island in its definition of Territory, placing it within the geographical area in which the Act applies. A company there is registered with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) like any other Australian company and is issued an ACN, the unique nine digit identification number issued to every company in Australia.

Company information is searched through ASIC's company and organisation register via ASIC Connect. Paid current or current and historical company extracts return the information recorded in ASIC's database under section 1274A of the Corporations Act 2001: organisation details, addresses, officeholders, share structure, share information and members. For each class of shares issued by a proprietary company, ASIC records the details of the top twenty members of the class based on shareholdings, along with any other member holding the same number of shares as the twentieth ranked member.

The ownership data ASIC publishes is therefore the registered members, the shareholders a company reports to the regulator; the Company Records report resolves beneficial ownership by following the registered shareholders up the ownership chain from official filings. The Company Records report for Christmas Island is a registry extract sourced from the official register.