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Glossary term

Trust or company service provider

Also known as Trust, company service provider

What does "Trust or company service provider" mean under the AMLR?

Any natural or legal person that, by way of its business, provides any of the following services to third parties:
  • (a) the formation of companies or other legal persons
  • (b) acting as, or arranging for another person to act as, a director or secretary of a company, a partner of a partnership, or a similar position in relation to other legal persons
  • (c) providing a registered office, business address, correspondence or administrative address and other related services for a company, a partnership or any other legal person or arrangement
  • (d) acting as, or arranging for another person to act as, a trustee of an express trust or a person holding an equivalent position in a similar legal arrangement
  • (e) acting as, or arranging for another person to act as, a nominee shareholder for another person

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Last updated: 22 August 2026.