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Companies Act 1993

Administration of companies - Registered office

187: Change of registered office

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“How to change your company's official address”

You need to know about changing a company’s registered office. The board of a company can change the registered office whenever they want, as long as it follows the company’s rules. They must tell the Registrar about this change using a special form. The new office address won’t be official right away. It will only become the new registered office on a date that’s written in the notice. This date must be at least 5 working days after the Registrar gets the notice. Remember, the company’s own rules might have extra things to say about changing the registered office, so it’s important to check those too.

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Part 10 Administration of companies
Registered office

187Change of registered office

  1. Subject to the company's constitution and to subsection (3), the board of a company may change the registered office of the company at any time.

  2. Notice in the prescribed form of the change must be given to the Registrar for registration.

  3. The change in the registered office takes effect on a date stated in the notice not being a date that is earlier than 5 working days after the notice is registered.

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  • 1955 No 63 s 115(3)