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Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

Registration - Register of financial service providers - Registrar of Financial Service Providers

35: Appointment of Registrar

You could also call this:

“The government picks someone to make a list of money helpers”

The government has to choose someone to be in charge of keeping track of financial service providers. This person is called the Registrar of Financial Service Providers. The boss of a government department picks this person according to the Public Service Act 2020.

When this law first started, they already had someone doing a similar job. This person was in charge of keeping track of companies. They decided to make this person the first Registrar of Financial Service Providers too.

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Part 2 Registration
Register of financial service providers: Registrar of Financial Service Providers

35Appointment of Registrar

  1. The chief executive must appoint a Registrar of Financial Service Providers under the Public Service Act 2020.

  2. The person holding office as Registrar of Companies under the Companies Act 1993, immediately before the commencement of this Act, is deemed to have been appointed as the first Registrar of Financial Service Providers in accordance with this section.

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Notes
  • Section 35(1): amended, on , by section 135 of the Public Service Act 2020 (2020 No 40).