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Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

Registration - Register of financial service providers - Register established

29: Registrar must amend register in certain circumstances

You could also call this:

“The person in charge must update the list of financial service providers when things change”

The Registrar must change the register in certain situations:

  1. If the yearly confirmation has different information from what’s on the register, and the Registrar is sure that the situations in section 18(1) don’t apply.

  2. If a financial service provider tells the Registrar about information that’s different from what’s on the register, and the Registrar is sure that the situations in section 18(1) don’t apply.

  3. If a licensing authority tells the Registrar that a registered financial service provider has become licensed for a particular service.

  4. If a financial advice provider tells the Registrar about a change under section 17(1)(d) or (e).

  5. If the Registrar thinks it’s necessary or helpful to make the register match the information on the New Zealand Business Number Register.

  6. If the Registrar finds a typing error, mistake, or missing information in the register.

  7. If rules made under this law say the Registrar must change the register in certain situations.

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Part 2 Registration
Register of financial service providers: Register established

29Registrar must amend register in certain circumstances

  1. The Registrar must amend the register if—

  2. an annual confirmation contains information that is different from the information entered on the register (where the Registrar is satisfied that the situations described in section 18(1) do not apply); or
    1. a financial service provider informs the Registrar of information that is different from the information entered on the register (where the Registrar is satisfied that the situations described in section 18(1) do not apply); or
      1. a licensing authority informs the Registrar that a registered financial service provider has become a licensed provider in relation to a particular licensed service; or
        1. a financial advice provider notifies the Registrar of a change under section 17(1)(d) or (e); or
          1. the Registrar is satisfied at any time that the amendment is necessary or desirable for the purpose of ensuring that the register is consistent with the information on the New Zealand Business Number Register established under the New Zealand Business Number Act 2016; or
            1. the Registrar is satisfied at any time that the register contains a typographical error or a mistake, or omits information supplied to the Registrar; or
              1. regulations made under this Act require the Registrar to do so in circumstances specified by the regulations.

                Notes
                • Section 29(ca): inserted, on , by section 84 of the Financial Services Legislation Amendment Act 2019 (2019 No 8).
                • Section 29(cb): inserted, on , by section 113 of the Regulatory Systems (Economic Development) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 11).
                • Section 29(e): replaced, on , by section 22 of the Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 41).