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Companies Act 1993

Company names

21: Name of company if liability of shareholders limited

You could also call this:

“Companies with limited shareholder liability must end their name with "Limited" or "Tāpui (Limited)"”

If you want to start a company where the shareholders have limited liability, you need to follow a special rule about the company’s name. When you register your company, you must make sure its name ends with either the word “Limited” or the words “Tāpui (Limited)”. This tells everyone that the company’s shareholders have limited liability. Remember, this rule is important and you must follow it when choosing your company’s name.

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Part 4 Company names

21Name of company if liability of shareholders limited

  1. The registered name of a company must end with the word Limited or the words Tāpui (Limited) if the liability of the shareholders of the company is limited.