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Minute books and resolutions

How long do minute books and resolutions need to be kept in Australia?

Keep forNo period stated
Clock startsNo end point stated
Applies toCompanies

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Under the Corporations Act 2001, companies must keep minute books and resolutions, but the law sets no period. No end point stated.

Minutes of members' and directors' meetings, and resolutions passed without a meeting.

This is the Corporations Act 2001 requirement. The same records can also fall under other laws. See other terms that apply.

The terms

s 251A(1) and (5)Corporations Act 2001
No period stated
Start not stated

Conditions and exceptions Caution

The Act requires minute books to be kept but sets no end point.

The law

Corporations Act 2001, s 251A(1) and (5) · MinutesOfficial text ↗
A company must keep minute books in which it records within 1 month: (a) proceedings and resolutions of meetings of the company's members; and (b) proceedings and resolutions of directors' meetings (including meetings of a committee of directors); and (c) resolutions passed by members without a meeting; and (d) resolutions passed by directors without a meeting; and (e) if the company is a proprietary company with only 1 director—the making of declarations by the director.
Text as at 19 September 2026
Corporations Act 2001s 251A(1) and (5) · Federal Register of Legislation
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ASICOfficial guidance
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Other terms that apply to these records

This page covers minute books and resolutions on their own. The same file is often caught by other laws as well, with different periods and start dates. See why a legal term is not a schedule.

3 records. 3 sets of rules. They don't agree.

One business file can hold all of these at once.

Minute books and resolutionsKeepCorporations Act 2001, s 251A(1) and (5) · no end point stated
Registers of members and option holders7yCorporations Act 2001, s 169(7), s 168(1), s 170(1), s 170(3) · the person stopped being a member
Company books after deregistration3yCorporations Act 2001, s 601AD(5) · deregistration

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