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ALIA publications
ALIA's ACN [Australian Company Number]
The use of ALIA's ACN on ALIA publications
Strictly speaking, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), ALIA publications do not always need to display the ALIA ACN [090 953 236].
Here is exactly what ASIC - and more precisely, Section 153 of the Corporations Law - have to say:
"A company's ACN should appear on all of its 'public documents' and 'eligible negotiable instruments' [s.153]. The items on which it should appear include:
- all documents required to be lodged with ASIC;
- statements of account, including invoices;
- receipts (which are not machine-produced);
- orders for goods and services;
- business letterheads;
- official company notices;
- cheques, promissory notes and bills of exchange; and
- written advertisements making a specific offer which is capable of being accepted (such as by the completion of an order form)."
"If a company's name appears on two or more pages of a document or instrument, the ACN must be shown on the first of those pages following the company's name. Where a number of separate companies are listed on a document (eg, a letterhead) the ACN of each should appear and in such a way that makes clear the company to which each ACN relates. While there are no specific requirements as to how an ACN should appear on a document, it should be clear, easily readable, and obvious as to the company to which it relates. The ACN should be identified by the words 'Australian Company Number', or by the abbreviations 'ACN' or 'A.C.N.'. "
"The items on which the ACN is not required include:
- packaging and labelling, including envelopes and transport documents;
- advertisements which do not make a specific offer which is capable of being accepted (such as advertisements which only promote the company and its goods or services in general);
- credit cards and credit card vouchers;
- machine-generated receipts, including cash-register receipts;
- business cards and 'with compliments' slips; and
- items which are not documents (eg, vehicles, television advertisements)."
[http://www.asic.gov.au/page-315.html#374] |
From this, one can conclude that Association publications that do not include or make an offer are not required to display an ACN, and in most instances we would offer this advice alone.
However, there is no penalty for INCLUDING an Australian Company Number, and therefore the best advice I can offer at this time is to include an ACN, if space and time (and to a lesser degree, aesthetics) permit. [In certain circumstance the inclusion of an ACN may only confuse or clutter the amount of information displayed]
The following format is preferred by ALIA:
Australian Library and Information Association Ltd
ACN 090 953 236
Ivan Trundle
Manager, communications and publishing
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