Authorised representatives register API

Browse ASIC's registers of securities and futures industry authorised representatives by name or number, then purchase and read a representative extract.

Before the Australian financial services licence regime began in 2002, individuals who dealt in securities or futures on behalf of a licensed dealer or broker were recorded as authorised representatives, each with an ASIC representative number and one or more authorities held from a licensee. ASIC keeps the securities industry representatives register (SP) and the futures industry representatives register (FP), which compliance teams and researchers still use to confirm a person's licensing history, the licensees they represented, whether an authority was verified with the licensee, and any suspension. Three operations cover these registers: browse by name or representative number for free; purchase a representative extract, current or historical, which is the only billed step; and read the extract you hold, free, for 12 months. The extract includes former names, addresses and the names the person was known to a dealer by. The purchasing guide explains the model.

Browse a register

Browse returns representative summaries with the authorities each one held. It is free and never billed.

GEThttps://api.asicapi.dev/v1/registers/{register}/entries

Path parameters

Prop

Type

Query parameters

Provide either number, or both name and givenName.

Prop

Type

Example request

Request

curl "https://api.asicapi.dev/v1/registers/SP/entries?name=NGUYEN&givenName=THANH" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ASICAPI_KEY"

Example response

Response

{
  "object": "list",
  "data": [
    {
      "object": "registerEntry",
      "register": { "code": "SP", "label": "Securities industry representatives" },
      "number": "245871",
      "party": {
        "type": "person",
        "person": { "familyName": "NGUYEN", "givenNames": ["THANH", "VAN"], "formatted": "THANH VAN NGUYEN" },
        "birth": null,
        "organisation": null
      },
      "from": "1994-08-22",
      "to": "2002-03-10",
      "isFormerName": false,
      "suspended": false,
      "address": {
        "careOf": null,
        "line1": "LEVEL 8",
        "street": "55 EXAMPLE STREET",
        "locality": "MELBOURNE",
        "state": "VIC",
        "postcode": "3000",
        "country": "AUSTRALIA"
      },
      "underAppeal": null,
      "authorities": [
        {
          "object": "authority",
          "register": { "code": "SD", "label": "Securities dealer" },
          "licenceNumber": "10234",
          "notVerified": false,
          "licensee": {
            "type": "organisation",
            "person": null,
            "birth": null,
            "organisation": {
              "number": "004085616",
              "numberType": { "code": "ACN", "label": "Australian Company Number" },
              "name": "SOUTHERN CROSS STOCKBROKING PTY LTD",
              "abn": "53004085616"
            }
          },
          "appointedAt": "1998-11-02",
          "ceasedAt": "2002-03-10",
          "status": { "code": "E", "label": "Ceased/Former" },
          "suspended": false
        },
        {
          "object": "authority",
          "register": { "code": "IA", "label": "Investment adviser" },
          "licenceNumber": "20871",
          "notVerified": true,
          "licensee": {
            "type": "person",
            "person": { "familyName": "WALKER", "givenNames": ["MARGARET"], "formatted": "MARGARET WALKER" },
            "birth": null,
            "organisation": null
          },
          "appointedAt": "1994-08-22",
          "ceasedAt": "1998-10-30",
          "status": { "code": "E", "label": "Ceased/Former" },
          "suspended": false
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hasMore": false,
  "nextCursor": null,
  "totalCount": null,
  "meta": {
    "billable": false,
    "product": null,
    "requestId": "req_01J8ZK3V7Q0M2X"
  }
}

Response fields

Field	Type	Description
`object`	string	Always `list`.
`data[].object`	string	Always `registerEntry`. This is the summary form; the read endpoint below returns the full form.
`data[].register`	object	The register browsed, `{ code, label }` from the register types table.
`data[].number`	string	ASIC representative number. Pass it to the purchase and read endpoints.
`data[].party`	object	The representative. Always `type: "person"`; `birth` is `null` on browse results.
`data[].from`	string (date)	Date the representative first appeared on the register.
`data[].to`	string (date) or null	Date the representative ceased, or `null` while current.
`data[].isFormerName`	boolean	`true` when the matched name is a former name.
`data[].suspended`	boolean	Always `false` at entry level for SP and FP; suspension is reported per authority.
`data[].address`	object or null	Address recorded for the representative.
`data[].underAppeal`	null	Not applicable to authorised representatives.
`data[].authorities[]`	array	Authorities the representative held from licensees.
`data[].authorities[].object`	string	Always `authority`.
`data[].authorities[].register`	object	Register of the licensee granting the authority (SD, IA for SP representatives; FB, FD for FP representatives), from the register types table.
`data[].authorities[].licenceNumber`	string	Licence or registration number of the licensee. Use it with the professional registers endpoints.
`data[].authorities[].notVerified`	boolean	`true` when the authority information has not been verified with the licensee.
`data[].authorities[].licensee`	object	Party object for the licensee: a person or an organisation with ACN or ARBN.
`data[].authorities[].appointedAt`	string (date)	Date the authority was granted.
`data[].authorities[].ceasedAt`	string (date) or null	Date the authority ceased.
`data[].authorities[].status`	object or null	`C` current or `E` ceased, from the record status table.
`data[].authorities[].suspended`	boolean	`true` when the representative is currently under suspension by ASIC in respect of this authority.
`hasMore`	boolean	Whether another page is available.
`nextCursor`	string or null	Cursor for the next page. See pagination.
`totalCount`	null	ASIC does not report a total for register browses.
`meta`	object	Browsing is free: `billable` is `false` and `product` is `null`.

Purchase a representative extract

Buying the extract is the one billed step. ASIC returns the data in the same call, so the response is 201 Created with the complete extract, stored under your account for 12 months. Choose history here: it decides whether ceased authorities and addresses are included and whether representatives who ceased before 2002 can be found at all.

POSThttps://api.asicapi.dev/v1/registers/{register}/entries/{number}/extracts

Path parameters

Prop

Type

Request body

Prop

Type

Send Content-Type: application/json. An Idempotency-Key header is honoured for 24 hours so a retried request returns the extract already purchased instead of buying it again.

Example request

Request

curl -X POST https://api.asicapi.dev/v1/registers/SP/entries/245871/extracts \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ASICAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: 4d7f1a2c-sp-245871-2026-09-04" \
  -d '{ "history": true }'

Example response

Response

{
  "object": "extract",
  "id": "ext_01J9AR4T7V0W3X6Y",
  "kind": "register",
  "type": "historical",
  "subject": {
    "object": "registerEntry",
    "register": { "code": "SP", "label": "Securities industry representatives" },
    "number": "245871",
    "party": {
      "type": "person",
      "person": { "familyName": "NGUYEN", "givenNames": ["THANH", "VAN"], "formatted": "THANH VAN NGUYEN" },
      "birth": null,
      "organisation": null
    }
  },
  "purchasedAt": "2026-09-04T03:52:08Z",
  "asOf": "2026-09-04T03:52:06Z",
  "expiresAt": "2027-09-04T03:52:08Z",
  "disclaimer": "This extract contains information derived from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) database under section 1274A of the Corporations Act 2001. Please advise ASIC of any error which you may identify.",
  "register": { "code": "SP", "label": "Securities industry representatives" },
  "number": "245871",
  "representative": {
    "number": "245871",
    "name": { "familyName": "NGUYEN", "givenNames": ["THANH", "VAN"], "formatted": "THANH VAN NGUYEN" },
    "birth": { "date": "1968-11-30", "locality": "SAIGON", "stateOrCountry": "VIETNAM" },
    "formerNames": [
      { "familyName": "NGUYEN", "givenNames": ["THANH"], "formatted": "THANH NGUYEN" }
    ]
  },
  "authorities": [
    {
      "object": "authority",
      "register": { "code": "SD", "label": "Securities dealer" },
      "licenceNumber": "10234",
      "notVerified": false,
      "licensee": {
        "type": "organisation",
        "person": null,
        "birth": null,
        "organisation": {
          "number": "004085616",
          "numberType": { "code": "ACN", "label": "Australian Company Number" },
          "name": "SOUTHERN CROSS STOCKBROKING PTY LTD",
          "abn": "53004085616"
        }
      },
      "appointedAt": "1998-11-02",
      "ceasedAt": "2002-03-10",
      "status": { "code": "E", "label": "Ceased/Former" },
      "suspended": false
    },
    {
      "object": "authority",
      "register": { "code": "IA", "label": "Investment adviser" },
      "licenceNumber": "20871",
      "notVerified": true,
      "licensee": {
        "type": "person",
        "person": { "familyName": "WALKER", "givenNames": ["MARGARET"], "formatted": "MARGARET WALKER" },
        "birth": null,
        "organisation": null
      },
      "appointedAt": "1994-08-22",
      "ceasedAt": "1998-10-30",
      "status": { "code": "E", "label": "Ceased/Former" },
      "suspended": false
    }
  ],
  "addresses": [
    {
      "object": "address",
      "type": { "code": "PA", "label": "Principal Place of Practice" },
      "status": { "code": "E", "label": "Ceased/Former" },
      "from": "1998-11-02",
      "to": "2002-03-10",
      "address": {
        "careOf": null,
        "line1": "LEVEL 8",
        "street": "55 EXAMPLE STREET",
        "locality": "MELBOURNE",
        "state": "VIC",
        "postcode": "3000",
        "country": "AUSTRALIA"
      }
    },
    {
      "object": "address",
      "type": { "code": "RB", "label": "Representative's Business address" },
      "status": { "code": "E", "label": "Ceased/Former" },
      "from": "1994-08-22",
      "to": "1998-10-30",
      "address": {
        "careOf": "C/- WALKER FINANCIAL",
        "line1": null,
        "street": "12 SAMPLE STREET",
        "locality": "GEELONG",
        "state": "VIC",
        "postcode": "3220",
        "country": "AUSTRALIA"
      }
    }
  ],
  "knownAs": [
    { "familyName": "NGUYEN", "givenNames": ["TOM"], "formatted": "TOM NGUYEN" }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "billable": true,
    "product": "register_extract",
    "requestId": "req_01J9AR4T7V0W3X6Y"
  }
}

Response fields

Field	Type	Description
`object`	string	Always `extract`.
`id`	string	Extract id, prefixed `ext_`. Pass it as the `extract` query parameter on the read endpoint, or to `GET /v1/extracts/{id}`.
`kind`	string	Always `register`.
`type`	string	`current` when `history` was `false`, `historical` when it was `true`.
`subject`	object	Summary of what was purchased: `object` (`registerEntry`), `register`, `number` and `party`.
`purchasedAt`	timestamp	When the extract was bought from ASIC, RFC 3339 UTC.
`asOf`	timestamp	The moment ASIC produced the data. The extract is a snapshot at this time and never refreshes.
`expiresAt`	timestamp	When the extract stops being readable, 12 months after `purchasedAt`.
`disclaimer`	string	ASIC's section 1274A disclaimer, to be displayed with the extract.
`register`	object	The register requested, `{ code, label }` from the register types table.
`number`	string	The ASIC representative number requested.
`representative`	object	The representative's details.
`representative.number`	string	ASIC representative number.
`representative.name`	object	Current name as a person name object (`familyName`, `givenNames[]`, `formatted`).
`representative.birth`	object or null	Birth details (`date`, `locality`, `stateOrCountry`) where ASIC holds them.
`representative.formerNames[]`	array	Up to ten former names, each a person name object.
`authorities[]`	array	Authorities held from licensees, with the same shape as on browse results: `object`, `register`, `licenceNumber`, `notVerified`, `licensee`, `appointedAt`, `ceasedAt`, `status`, `suspended`. A current extract lists current authorities; a historical extract also lists ceased ones.
`addresses[]`	array	Address records in the sequence principal place of practice (PA) then representative's business address (RB). Each has `object` (`address`), `type` (register address types), `status` (record status), `from`, `to` and the `address` composite.
`knownAs[]`	array	Names the representative was known to a dealer by, each a person name object.
`meta`	object	`billable` is `true` in production and `false` in the sandbox; `product` is `register_extract`.

curl https://api.asicapi.dev/v1/registers/SP/entries/245871 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ASICAPI_KEY"

Example response

Response

{
  "object": "registerEntry",
  "register": { "code": "SP", "label": "Securities industry representatives" },
  "number": "245871",
  "extract": {
    "id": "ext_01J9AR4T7V0W3X6Y",
    "type": "historical",
    "purchasedAt": "2026-09-04T03:52:08Z",
    "asOf": "2026-09-04T03:52:06Z"
  },
  "representative": {
    "number": "245871",
    "name": { "familyName": "NGUYEN", "givenNames": ["THANH", "VAN"], "formatted": "THANH VAN NGUYEN" },
    "birth": { "date": "1968-11-30", "locality": "SAIGON", "stateOrCountry": "VIETNAM" },
    "formerNames": [
      { "familyName": "NGUYEN", "givenNames": ["THANH"], "formatted": "THANH NGUYEN" }
    ]
  },
  "authorities": [
    {
      "object": "authority",
      "register": { "code": "SD", "label": "Securities dealer" },
      "licenceNumber": "10234",
      "notVerified": false,
      "licensee": {
        "type": "organisation",
        "person": null,
        "birth": null,
        "organisation": {
          "number": "004085616",
          "numberType": { "code": "ACN", "label": "Australian Company Number" },
          "name": "SOUTHERN CROSS STOCKBROKING PTY LTD",
          "abn": "53004085616"
        }
      },
      "appointedAt": "1998-11-02",
      "ceasedAt": "2002-03-10",
      "status": { "code": "E", "label": "Ceased/Former" },
      "suspended": false
    },
    {
      "object": "authority",
      "register": { "code": "IA", "label": "Investment adviser" },
      "licenceNumber": "20871",
      "notVerified": true,
      "licensee": {
        "type": "person",
        "person": { "familyName": "WALKER", "givenNames": ["MARGARET"], "formatted": "MARGARET WALKER" },
        "birth": null,
        "organisation": null
      },
      "appointedAt": "1994-08-22",
      "ceasedAt": "1998-10-30",
      "status": { "code": "E", "label": "Ceased/Former" },
      "suspended": false
    }
  ],
  "addresses": [
    {
      "object": "address",
      "type": { "code": "PA", "label": "Principal Place of Practice" },
      "status": { "code": "E", "label": "Ceased/Former" },
      "from": "1998-11-02",
      "to": "2002-03-10",
      "address": {
        "careOf": null,
        "line1": "LEVEL 8",
        "street": "55 EXAMPLE STREET",
        "locality": "MELBOURNE",
        "state": "VIC",
        "postcode": "3000",
        "country": "AUSTRALIA"
      }
    },
    {
      "object": "address",
      "type": { "code": "RB", "label": "Representative's Business address" },
      "status": { "code": "E", "label": "Ceased/Former" },
      "from": "1994-08-22",
      "to": "1998-10-30",
      "address": {
        "careOf": "C/- WALKER FINANCIAL",
        "line1": null,
        "street": "12 SAMPLE STREET",
        "locality": "GEELONG",
        "state": "VIC",
        "postcode": "3220",
        "country": "AUSTRALIA"
      }
    }
  ],
  "knownAs": [
    { "familyName": "NGUYEN", "givenNames": ["TOM"], "formatted": "TOM NGUYEN" }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "billable": false,
    "product": null,
    "requestId": "req_01J9AR9Z2A5B8C1D"
  }
}

Response fields

Field	Type	Description
`object`	string	Always `registerEntry`. The browse endpoint returns the summary form of the same object; this endpoint returns the full form read from your extract.
`register`	object	The register requested, `{ code, label }`.
`number`	string	The ASIC representative number requested.
`extract`	object	The extract this response was read from: `id`, `type` (`current` or `historical`), `purchasedAt`, `asOf`. Ceased authorities and addresses are present only when `type` is `historical`.
`representative`, `authorities[]`, `addresses[]`, `knownAs[]`	sections	Identical to the sections of the purchase response above.
`meta`	object	Reads are free: `billable` is `false` and `product` is `null`.

Errors

Code	HTTP status	Applies to	When
`register_invalid`	400	All	`{register}` is not SP or FP.
`browse_key_too_short`	400	Browse	`name` or `givenName` has fewer than two alphabetic characters, or one was supplied without the other.
`validation_error`	422	Browse, purchase, read	Neither `number` nor a name pair was supplied, or both were; the purchase body is not valid JSON; or `extract` is malformed.
`extract_type_invalid`	400	Purchase	`history` is not a boolean.
`no_matches`	404	Browse, purchase	No representatives match the name or number, or no representative with that number on that register. Purchase with `history: true` for representatives who ceased before 2002.
`extract_required`	402	Read	You hold no extract for this representative. `details.purchase` carries the POST that would satisfy the request; see below.
`extract_not_found`	404	Read	The `extract` query parameter names an extract that does not exist, is for a different representative or is not a register extract.
`extract_expired`	410	Read	The extract is more than 12 months old. Purchase again.
`extract_owner_mismatch`	403	Read	The extract named by `extract` was purchased under a different account.
`product_unavailable_in_jurisdiction`	403	Purchase	Register extracts are not enabled for your account's jurisdiction.
`idempotency_conflict`	409	Purchase	The `Idempotency-Key` was already used with a different request.
`asic_unavailable`	503	Browse, purchase	The ASIC database is offline. Reads of extracts you hold are unaffected.

402 Payment Required

{
  "error": {
    "type": "extract_required_error",
    "code": "extract_required",
    "message": "Representative details are part of a register extract. Purchase one with POST /v1/registers/SP/entries/245871/extracts.",
    "param": null,
    "asicCode": null,
    "requestId": "req_01J9AR9Z2A5B8C1D",
    "docUrl": "https://asicapi.dev/docs/errors#extract_required",
    "details": {
      "purchase": {
        "method": "POST",
        "path": "/v1/registers/SP/entries/245871/extracts",
        "body": { "history": false },
        "product": "register_extract"
      }
    }
  }
}

Notes from the ASIC register

Browse, purchase, read. Browsing is free, the POST is the only step ASIC charges for, and every read of the resulting extract is free for 12 months. A read never refreshes the data; to see changes lodged since extract.asOf, purchase again. When you hold both a current and a historical extract, the read endpoint returns the most recently purchased one unless you name a specific extract. See the purchasing guide.
Both names are required to browse. Unlike the other registers, browsing SP or FP by name requires a family name and a first given name, each with at least two alphabetic characters. ASIC returns every representative whose names match. Browsing by ASIC representative number returns one representative.
Historical extracts. Authorised representatives whose authorities ceased before the Financial Services Reform Act 2001 took effect only appear in a historical extract. If a purchase with history: false returns no_matches for a number you found by browsing, purchase again with history: true. Nothing is billed for a purchase that returns no_matches.
Unverified authorities. notVerified: true means ASIC recorded the authority from the representative's side and has not confirmed it with the licensee. Treat such authorities as claimed rather than confirmed.
Suspension is per authority. ASIC flags suspension on the authority record, not the representative. A representative may have one suspended authority and another in good standing.
Licensees link back to the professional registers. Each authority names the licensee and its licence number on the SD, IA, FB or FD register. You can purchase and read the licensee's own extract through the professional registers endpoints with that licence number.
Address order. Addresses are supplied in the sequence principal place of practice (PA) then representative's business address (RB).
Former names and known-as names. ASIC records up to ten former names for a representative, plus any names by which a dealer knew them. Both are useful when reconciling a representative against a person search.
Current representatives live elsewhere. People authorised under an AFS licence today are not on the SP or FP registers. Their licence roles appear on a purchased person extract as licence records with types such as FR (financial services representative).
Sandbox. Test keys return placeholder names such as "FAMILY NAME, GIVEN NAME1", the purchase succeeds with meta.billable set to false, and the extract is stored and readable as in production. See sandbox.

Authorised representatives register API

Browse a register

Path parameters

Query parameters

Example request

Example response

Response fields

Purchase a representative extract

Path parameters

Request body

Example request

Example response

Response fields

Read a representative entry

Path parameters

Query parameters

Example request

Example response

Response fields

Errors

Notes from the ASIC register

Purchasing guide

List ASIC registers

Registered auditors, liquidators and licensees

Banned and disqualified persons

Professional registers explained

People

Register type codes

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