What are the officeholder requirements for companies?

Proprietary Limited companies are required to have at least:

• At least 1 director – whereby 1 of whom is a permanent Australian resident, and all of whom are over 18 years old. 
• At least 1 shareholder – that can be an individual or an organisation
• 1 applicant – who is the person applying for the company

Non-compulsory officeholders are:

• Secretary – there can be none or only 1 Secretary of a company
• Public Officer – there can be none or only 1 Public Officer within a company

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Updated — Sep 6, 2015