s 8C Cessation of exclusion of residential address from public access
8C.—(1) For the purposes of section 8B(2), the grounds for causing an individual’s residential address to cease to be excluded from public access under section 8(2)(b) are either that —(a) communications sent by the Registrar under this Act, or any officer of the Authority under any ACRA administered Act, to the individual at his or her contact address and requiring a response within a specified period remain unanswered; or (b) there is evidence to show that service of any document under this Act or under any ACRA administered Act at the individual’s contact address is not effective to bring it to the notice of the individual.[Act 24 of 2025 wef 06/05/2026] (2) Before causing the individual’s residential address to cease to be excluded from public access pursuant to section 8B(2), the Registrar must give a notice under subsection (3) to —(a) the individual; and (b) every accounting LLP or accounting corporation in respect of which the individual’s residential address had been recorded in any register maintained under section 8(1).[Act 24 of 2025 wef 06/05/2026] (3) The notice mentioned in subsection (2) must —(a) state the grounds under subsection (1) on which the Registrar intends to cease the exclusion of the individual’s residential address; and (b) specify the period within which representations may be made to the Registrar. (4) The Registrar must consider the representations (if any) given in response to the notice mentioned in subsection (2) and received within the period specified by the Registrar under subsection (3)(b). (5) If the Registrar decides to cause the individual’s residential address to cease being excluded from public access, the Registrar must before doing so give notice of the decision to —(a) the individual; and (b) every accounting LLP or accounting corporation in respect of which the individual’s residential address had been recorded in any register maintained under section 8(1).[Act 24 of 2025 wef 06/05/2026] (6) A notice to the individual under subsection (2) or (5) must be sent to the individual’s residential address unless it appears to the Registrar that service at that address may be ineffective to bring it to the individual’s notice, in which case it may be sent to any other last known address of that individual. (7) Any person aggrieved by the decision of the Registrar under section 8B(2) may, within 30 days after the date of receiving the notice under subsection (5), appeal to the Court which may confirm or reverse the Registrar’s decision and make any directions in the matter. (8) The individual is not allowed to provide a contact address within 3 years after the Registrar causes the individual’s residential address to cease to be excluded from public access under section 8(2)(b) pursuant to section 8B(2), unless the Registrar is satisfied that there is good cause for allowing the individual to do so in a particular case.[Act 24 of 2025 wef 06/05/2026] (9) Subject to subsection (8), where notice of a change in the individual’s contact address is lodged under any ACRA administered Act, the Registrar must replace the individual’s contact address in each register maintained under section 8(1) with the new contact address.[Act 21 of 2024 wef 09/12/2024]