Banned and disqualified persons register API

Search ASIC's registers of disqualified directors and banned securities and futures representatives for free, then purchase and read the ban details.

ASIC publishes the names of people it has disqualified from managing corporations and people it has banned from providing financial services. The disqualified directors register (DD) lists individuals who are disqualified under Part 2D.6 of the Corporations Act 2001, whether by court order, by ASIC's own decision or automatically following a conviction or bankruptcy. The banned securities representatives (BS) and banned futures representatives (BF) registers list people banned from acting as dealers, advisers or brokers under the pre-2002 licensing regime. A quick browse by family name is the standard due diligence step before appointing a director, and it is free. When a browse hit needs confirming, purchase the register extract, which is the only billed step, and read it free for 12 months: it gives you the ban period, whether it is permanent, whether it is under appeal, any exceptions ASIC allowed and the ASIC documents behind a disqualification. The purchasing guide explains the model.

Browse a register

Browse returns entries whose family name starts with the browse key. It is free and never billed.

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

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These registers cannot be browsed by number. Take the number (ASIC identifier) from a browse result and pass it to the purchase and read endpoints.

Example request

Request

curl "https://api.asicapi.dev/v1/registers/DD/entries?name=PATTERSON" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ASICAPI_KEY"

Example response

Response

{
  "object": "list",
  "data": [
    {
      "object": "registerEntry",
      "register": { "code": "DD", "label": "Disqualified directors" },
      "number": "023456789",
      "asicIdentifier": "023456789",
      "documentNumber": "0E7654321",
      "party": {
        "type": "person",
        "person": { "familyName": "PATTERSON", "givenNames": ["GREGORY", "ALAN"], "formatted": "GREGORY ALAN PATTERSON" },
        "birth": null,
        "organisation": null
      },
      "from": "2023-09-18",
      "to": "2028-09-17",
      "isFormerName": false,
      "suspended": null,
      "address": {
        "careOf": null,
        "line1": null,
        "street": "7 EXAMPLE CLOSE",
        "locality": "HOBART",
        "state": "TAS",
        "postcode": "7000",
        "country": "AUSTRALIA"
      },
      "underAppeal": false,
      "authorities": null
    },
    {
      "object": "registerEntry",
      "register": { "code": "DD", "label": "Disqualified directors" },
      "number": "034567890",
      "asicIdentifier": "034567890",
      "documentNumber": "0E7001122",
      "party": {
        "type": "person",
        "person": { "familyName": "PATTERSON", "givenNames": ["LEANNE"], "formatted": "LEANNE PATTERSON" },
        "birth": null,
        "organisation": null
      },
      "from": "2024-02-05",
      "to": null,
      "isFormerName": false,
      "suspended": null,
      "address": {
        "careOf": null,
        "line1": "UNIT 3",
        "street": "18 SAMPLE AVENUE",
        "locality": "PERTH",
        "state": "WA",
        "postcode": "6000",
        "country": "AUSTRALIA"
      },
      "underAppeal": true,
      "authorities": null
    }
  ],
  "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	The ASIC identifier of the person. Pass it to the purchase and read endpoints. Identical to `asicIdentifier`.
`data[].asicIdentifier`	string	ASIC's unique identifier for the person, up to nine digits.
`data[].documentNumber`	string or null	ASIC document number of the notice that placed the person on the register, where recorded. Fetch it with the documents endpoint.
`data[].party`	object	The banned or disqualified party. Normally `type: "person"`; ASIC's register format allows an organisation name, in which case `type` is `organisation`. `birth` is `null` on browse results.
`data[].from`	string (date)	Start date of the disqualification or banning order.
`data[].to`	string (date) or null	End date, or `null` for a permanent order or one with no recorded end.
`data[].isFormerName`	boolean	Always `false`; ASIC does not flag former names on these registers.
`data[].suspended`	null	Not applicable to banned and disqualified registers.
`data[].address`	object or null	Address recorded for the person, where ASIC holds one.
`data[].underAppeal`	boolean	`true` when the banning order or disqualification is under appeal.
`data[].authorities`	null	Not applicable to banned and disqualified registers.
`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 banned or disqualified person 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.

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

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Send Content-Type: application/json; an empty object {} is accepted. 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/DD/entries/023456789/extracts \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ASICAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: 7b3d9e5f-dd-023456789-2026-09-04" \
  -d '{ "history": false }'

Example response

Response

{
  "object": "extract",
  "id": "ext_01J9AS6V9W2X5Y8Z",
  "kind": "register",
  "type": "current",
  "subject": {
    "object": "registerEntry",
    "register": { "code": "DD", "label": "Disqualified directors" },
    "number": "023456789",
    "party": {
      "type": "person",
      "person": { "familyName": "PATTERSON", "givenNames": ["GREGORY", "ALAN"], "formatted": "GREGORY ALAN PATTERSON" },
      "birth": null,
      "organisation": null
    }
  },
  "purchasedAt": "2026-09-04T04:05:31Z",
  "asOf": "2026-09-04T04:05:29Z",
  "expiresAt": "2027-09-04T04:05:31Z",
  "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": "DD", "label": "Disqualified directors" },
  "number": "023456789",
  "person": {
    "asicIdentifier": "023456789",
    "name": { "familyName": "PATTERSON", "givenNames": ["GREGORY", "ALAN"], "formatted": "GREGORY ALAN PATTERSON" },
    "disclaimer": false
  },
  "address": {
    "careOf": null,
    "line1": null,
    "street": "7 EXAMPLE CLOSE",
    "locality": "HOBART",
    "state": "TAS",
    "postcode": "7000",
    "country": "AUSTRALIA"
  },
  "bans": [
    {
      "object": "ban",
      "type": null,
      "from": "2023-09-18",
      "to": "2028-09-17",
      "permanent": false,
      "underAppeal": false,
      "exceptions": [
        "THE PERSON MAY CONTINUE TO ACT AS A DIRECTOR OF PATTERSON FAMILY HOLDINGS PTY LTD ACN 001 000 004 FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF WINDING UP ITS AFFAIRS.",
        "THE PERSON MUST NOT TAKE PART IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ANY OTHER CORPORATION DURING THE PERIOD OF DISQUALIFICATION."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "documents": [
    {
      "object": "document",
      "documentNumber": "0E7654321",
      "formCode": "5602",
      "formDescription": "Notice of disqualification from managing corporations",
      "subForms": [],
      "receivedAt": "2023-09-18",
      "processedAt": "2023-09-19",
      "effectiveAt": "2023-09-18",
      "qualifier": null,
      "pageCount": 6,
      "imaged": true,
      "underRequisition": false,
      "xbrlAvailable": false,
      "xbrlDocumentNumber": null,
      "status": null,
      "priced": true
    },
    {
      "object": "document",
      "documentNumber": "0E7600987",
      "formCode": "5601",
      "formDescription": "Notice of intention to disqualify from managing corporations",
      "subForms": [],
      "receivedAt": "2023-06-02",
      "processedAt": "2023-06-05",
      "effectiveAt": "2023-06-02",
      "qualifier": null,
      "pageCount": 0,
      "imaged": false,
      "underRequisition": false,
      "xbrlAvailable": false,
      "xbrlDocumentNumber": null,
      "status": null,
      "priced": true
    }
  ],
  "disclaimerText": null,
  "meta": {
    "billable": true,
    "product": "register_extract",
    "requestId": "req_01J9AS6V9W2X5Y8Z"
  }
}

A banned representative extract (BS or BF) has the same shape, with address set to null, documents an empty array and each ban carrying a type from the licence ban types table:

Ban on the BS register

{
  "object": "ban",
  "type": { "code": "BSC", "label": "Securities Dealer And Investment Adviser" },
  "from": "2001-04-12",
  "to": null,
  "permanent": true,
  "underAppeal": false,
  "exceptions": []
}

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	Always `current` for the banned and disqualified registers.
`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 identifier requested.
`person`	object	The banned or disqualified person.
`person.asicIdentifier`	string	ASIC's unique identifier for the person.
`person.name`	object	Person name object (`familyName`, `givenNames[]`, `formatted`).
`person.disclaimer`	boolean	`true` when ASIC had received documents about this person that were unprocessed when the extract was produced. Display `disclaimerText` when set.
`address`	object or null	The person's address. Provided for the disqualified directors register (DD) only; `null` for BS and BF.
`bans[]`	array	One record per disqualification or banning order.
`bans[].object`	string	Always `ban`.
`bans[].type`	object or null	Licence ban type from the licence ban types table (securities dealer, investment adviser, futures broker, futures adviser or combinations). `null` on the DD register, where the disqualification is from managing corporations rather than from a licence category.
`bans[].from`	string (date)	Start date of the order.
`bans[].to`	string (date) or null	End date. `null` when the order is permanent.
`bans[].permanent`	boolean	`true` when the person is banned or disqualified permanently.
`bans[].underAppeal`	boolean	`true` when an appeal against the order has been lodged.
`bans[].exceptions[]`	array of strings	Up to five lines of text describing exceptions to the order, for example companies the person may continue to manage. Empty when there are none.
`documents[]`	array	ASIC documents relating to the disqualification, newest first by date received, as standard document objects. Provided for the DD register only; empty for BS and BF.
`disclaimerText`	string or null	The unprocessed-documents notice to display when `person.disclaimer` is `true`; otherwise `null`.
`meta`	object	`billable` is `true` in production and `false` in the sandbox; `product` is `register_extract`.

curl https://api.asicapi.dev/v1/registers/DD/entries/023456789 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ASICAPI_KEY"

Example response

Response

{
  "object": "registerEntry",
  "register": { "code": "DD", "label": "Disqualified directors" },
  "number": "023456789",
  "extract": {
    "id": "ext_01J9AS6V9W2X5Y8Z",
    "type": "current",
    "purchasedAt": "2026-09-04T04:05:31Z",
    "asOf": "2026-09-04T04:05:29Z"
  },
  "person": {
    "asicIdentifier": "023456789",
    "name": { "familyName": "PATTERSON", "givenNames": ["GREGORY", "ALAN"], "formatted": "GREGORY ALAN PATTERSON" },
    "disclaimer": false
  },
  "address": {
    "careOf": null,
    "line1": null,
    "street": "7 EXAMPLE CLOSE",
    "locality": "HOBART",
    "state": "TAS",
    "postcode": "7000",
    "country": "AUSTRALIA"
  },
  "bans": [
    {
      "object": "ban",
      "type": null,
      "from": "2023-09-18",
      "to": "2028-09-17",
      "permanent": false,
      "underAppeal": false,
      "exceptions": [
        "THE PERSON MAY CONTINUE TO ACT AS A DIRECTOR OF PATTERSON FAMILY HOLDINGS PTY LTD ACN 001 000 004 FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF WINDING UP ITS AFFAIRS.",
        "THE PERSON MUST NOT TAKE PART IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ANY OTHER CORPORATION DURING THE PERIOD OF DISQUALIFICATION."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "documents": [
    {
      "object": "document",
      "documentNumber": "0E7654321",
      "formCode": "5602",
      "formDescription": "Notice of disqualification from managing corporations",
      "subForms": [],
      "receivedAt": "2023-09-18",
      "processedAt": "2023-09-19",
      "effectiveAt": "2023-09-18",
      "qualifier": null,
      "pageCount": 6,
      "imaged": true,
      "underRequisition": false,
      "xbrlAvailable": false,
      "xbrlDocumentNumber": null,
      "status": null,
      "priced": true
    },
    {
      "object": "document",
      "documentNumber": "0E7600987",
      "formCode": "5601",
      "formDescription": "Notice of intention to disqualify from managing corporations",
      "subForms": [],
      "receivedAt": "2023-06-02",
      "processedAt": "2023-06-05",
      "effectiveAt": "2023-06-02",
      "qualifier": null,
      "pageCount": 0,
      "imaged": false,
      "underRequisition": false,
      "xbrlAvailable": false,
      "xbrlDocumentNumber": null,
      "status": null,
      "priced": true
    }
  ],
  "disclaimerText": null,
  "meta": {
    "billable": false,
    "product": null,
    "requestId": "req_01J9AS9B2C5D8E1F"
  }
}

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 identifier requested.
`extract`	object	The extract this response was read from: `id`, `type` (`current`), `purchasedAt`, `asOf`.
`person`, `address`, `bans[]`, `documents[]`, `disclaimerText`	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 DD, BS or BF. The banned financial services representatives register (FX) is listed by ASIC but is not browsable or extractable.
`browse_key_too_short`	400	Browse	`name` is missing or has fewer than two characters.
`validation_error`	422	Purchase, read	The purchase body is not valid JSON or `history` is not a boolean; or `extract` is malformed.
`extract_type_invalid`	400	Purchase	`history` is `true` for a register that has no historical extract.
`no_matches`	404	Browse, purchase	No entries whose family name starts with the browse key, or no entry with that ASIC identifier on that register.
`extract_required`	402	Read	You hold no register extract for this identifier. `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 entry 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": "Ban and disqualification details are part of a register extract. Purchase one with POST /v1/registers/DD/entries/023456789/extracts.",
    "param": null,
    "asicCode": null,
    "requestId": "req_01J9AS9B2C5D8E1F",
    "docUrl": "https://asicapi.dev/docs/errors#extract_required",
    "details": {
      "purchase": {
        "method": "POST",
        "path": "/v1/registers/DD/entries/023456789/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; a ban lifted or an appeal decided after extract.asOf is only visible after you purchase again. See the purchasing guide.
Browse is by family name only. The browse key is matched against the start of the family name, so PAT returns Patterson, Patel and Paton. There is no browse by number; the ASIC identifier is only available from a browse result or from a purchased person extract, where a disqualification appears as a licence record of type DD.
A browse hit is not a match. Many people share a family name. Confirm identity with the given names, address and the birth details from a person search before acting on a result, and consider a person extract for the person's full history. The browse already shows the ban period and appeal flag for free; purchase the extract when you need the exceptions, the documents or ASIC's formal record.
Permanent orders. When a ban is permanent, permanent is true and to is null. When it is not permanent, permanent is false and to carries the end date.
Appeals. underAppeal: true means an appeal has been lodged against the order. The order remains on the register while the appeal is decided; a successful appeal removes it.
Exceptions. ASIC may permit a disqualified person to continue managing named corporations, or a banned representative to complete specified activities. These are recorded as free text in exceptions[], up to five lines per order.
Address and documents are DD features. ASIC supplies the person's address and the document list only for the disqualified directors register. Documents are listed in reverse chronological order of receipt. A document whose ASIC page count is zero has imaged: false and cannot currently be ordered as an image.
Legacy banning registers. The BS and BF registers hold banning orders made under the securities and futures licensing regimes that ended in 2002, categorised by ban type from the licence ban types table. Banning orders under the current AFS regime are not in these registers; they appear on a person extract as licence records of type FX (banned financial services representative).
Disclaimer. When person.disclaimer is true, ASIC requires the unprocessed-documents notice to be shown with the extract. The text is provided in disclaimerText so you can render it verbatim.
Weekly summaries. New disqualifications are also published week by week through the disqualified directors weekly summary, which includes birth details for matching.
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.

Banned and disqualified persons register API

Browse a register

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Purchase a banned or disqualified person extract

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Example request

Example response

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Read a banned or disqualified person entry

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Example request

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Errors

Notes from the ASIC register

Purchasing guide

Banned and disqualified persons explained

List ASIC registers

People search

Weekly summaries

Document details

Register type codes

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