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Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Incorporation of trust boards

16: Change of name at application of board

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“Board can ask to change its name with Registrar's approval”

When a group or its trustees are registered as a board, they can ask to change their name. If the group is a society, they need to agree on the change at a big meeting first. For other types of boards, they can decide to change their name at a board meeting.

To change their name, the board needs to ask the Registrar. The Registrar is a person who keeps track of all the boards. If the Registrar thinks the new name is okay, they will write it down in their records instead of the old name.

After the Registrar changes the name in their records, they will give the board a new certificate. This certificate shows that the board’s name has been officially changed.

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Part 2 Incorporation of trust boards

16Change of name at application of board

  1. In any case where a society is incorporated as a board, or where the trustees of a society are incorporated as a board, the board may, pursuant to a resolution of the society passed at a general meeting, apply to the Registrar to change the name under which the board is registered.

  2. In any other case where trustees are incorporated as a board, the board may, pursuant to a resolution passed at a meeting of the board, apply to the Registrar to change the name under which it is registered.

  3. Where a board applies to the Registrar under this section to change the name under which it is registered and the Registrar approves of the change, the Registrar shall enter the new name in the register in place of the former name.

  4. If the Registrar registers a new name under subsection (3), the Registrar must issue a certificate of incorporation recording the change of name.

  5. Repealed
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  • 1955 No 63 s 32
Notes
  • Section 16 heading: amended, on , by section 34(1) of the Regulatory Systems (Economic Development) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 11).
  • Section 16(3): amended, on , by section 34(2) of the Regulatory Systems (Economic Development) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 11).
  • Section 16(3A): inserted, on , by section 34(3) of the Regulatory Systems (Economic Development) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 11).
  • Section 16(4): repealed, on , by section 34(4) of the Regulatory Systems (Economic Development) Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 11).