For the purposes of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (CA 2001), a document required to be issued by a public company wanting to offer securities for sale. This includes any of the following:

The preparation and issue of disclosure documents is regulated by Chapter 6 of the CA 2001. ASIC also has guidance on the contents of disclosure documents. See Practice note, ASIC regulatory guides for a list of and links to ASIC Regulatory Guides, in particular, ASIC Regulatory Guide 254: Offering securities under a disclosure document.

For information on disclosure documents in the context of franchising, see franchising disclosure documents.