Alternate Director Appointment

What’s in our package?

The Alternate Director package includes:

• directors’ minutes
• consent to act
• notice of appointment
• ASIC Form and Annexure

A company director may appoint an alternate director to act when they are incapable or unable to act.  A Power of Attorney does not authorise an attorney to act for a director of a company.

Note, that the appointment of a successor director may have advantages over an alternate director especially for SMSFs, click here for further information.

Appointing an alternate director allows a director to give legal authority in relation to his/her director’s duties and decisions.  This can be important when a director is overseas or incapable of acting when the company requires that director’s input.

The alternate director’s exercise of the director’s powers will be just as effective as if the powers were exercised by the appointing director.  The constitution of the company will generally govern the process for appointment, the alternate director’s powers and the process of terminating an alternate director’s role.

Not all constitutions allow for the appointment of an alternate director and some may need to be amended before such an appointment can take place.   For information on the amendment of a company’s constitution, which is an additional service, click here.