New law for directors’ residential addresses
The Companies (Address Information) Amendment Act 2025 allows eligible directors to replace their home address on the Companies Register with an alternative address.
From 18 November 2026, eligible company directors who are at risk of harm can apply to replace their home address on the public Companies Register with an alternative address.
To be eligible, a director must provide a statutory declaration confirming that publishing their home address is likely to result in physical or mental harm to them or someone they live with.
Directors must still provide their home address to the Registrar, but if their application is approved, their home address will not be published on the register. Directors can also apply to have the same alternative address published for any shareholder in their company if the shareholder:
- lives with the director at the director’s home address, and
- consent to the change.
What can you use as an alternative address
Your alternative address must:
- be a physical address
- not be a PO Box, Private Bag, postal centre, or document exchange
- not be the company's registered office or address for service
- contain enough information to clearly identify the location, such as a floor or suite number.
You can only have one alternative address at a time, even if you want to use an alternative address for multiple companies. We recommend that you do not use an alternative address that could in the future be your home address.
Help guides will be available
We are preparing resources now and will publish detailed guidance on how to apply when the new provision takes effect on 18 November 2026.