ASIC reinstates hundreds of deregistered companies in one notice

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has reinstated the registrations of a very large list of companies under section 601AH(1)&(2) of the Corporations Act 2001, restoring their legal standing on the national corporate register. The notice, dated 2 September 2026, was published in the ASIC Gazette (Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. A36/26) of Tuesday 8 September 2026.

What the reinstatement means

A reinstatement under section 601AH reverses the effect of a prior deregistration, so the affected companies are treated as if their registration had never been cancelled. For directors, shareholders, creditors and counterparties, the practical consequence is that the entities regain their capacity to hold property, sue and be sued, and resume their legal obligations and dealings.

The notice covers a broad cross-section of the register, from proprietary companies limited by shares to superannuation-fund custodians and family investment vehicles. The list runs across dozens of pages of the gazette, reflecting the scale of the administrative action.

Who is affected

The reinstated entities span many sectors and structures, including:

• trading and construction companies, such as AAA SMASH AND AUTO REPAIRS PTY LTD (ACN 656 892 527) and ACTIVE BUILD GROUP PTY LTD (ACN 626 915 624);
• investment and superannuation vehicles, including BATS SUPERANNUATION FUND PTY LTD (ACN 609 013 827) and BFT FAMILY INVESTMENTS PTY LTD (ACN 140 217 545);
• services and logistics firms, such as ABCD SECURITY LOGISTICS PTY LTD (ACN 632 543 401) and ABHI LOGISTICS PTY LTD (ACN 665 679 836);
• and numerous entities identified only by their Australian Company Number, for example A.C.N. 098 514 973 PTY LTD (ACN 098 514 973).

Legal basis and publication

The reinstatements are made under the Corporations Act 2001, which empowers ASIC to restore a company to the register where it is satisfied the deregistration should not have occurred or that it is just to do so. The notice is dated 2 September 2026 and appears in the “Company reinstatements” section of the gazette, published by ASIC as the Commonwealth’s corporate regulator.

Persons affected by decisions made by ASIC under the Corporations Act 2001 may have rights of review, as set out in the gazette’s “Rights of review” notice, which points to Regulatory Guide 57 and Information Sheet INFO 9.

Why it matters

For anyone dealing with a company that had been struck off the register, the reinstatement restores certainty about its legal identity and its ability to enter into or enforce contracts, hold assets and respond to claims. Creditors and counterparties of the reinstated entities should update their records accordingly, since the companies are again live on the register and can resume trading and legal activity.

Source: ASIC Gazette (Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No. A36/26), Tuesday 8 September 2026, Company reinstatements, p. 22–69 (official reference: Corporations Act 2001, s.601AH(1)&(2)).