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332: Meaning of carrying on business
or “What counts as an overseas company doing business in New Zealand”

You could also call this:

“Registrar can approve different forms for overseas companies”

The Registrar can let an overseas company use a different form than the one usually required for this part of the law. If you want to use a different form, you need to ask the Registrar for permission. The Registrar can say yes to one company or to many companies.

If the Registrar says yes, they can also change their mind later and take back their permission. They can take back all of the permission or just part of it.

When an overseas company gives the Registrar an application, notice, or other document using a form the Registrar approved, it’s treated the same as if the company used the normal form. This means the Registrar will accept it as if it were the usual form.

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332A: Registrar may approve use of different form

Part 18 Overseas companies

332ARegistrar may approve use of different form

The Registrar may, on the application of any person, approve the use, by the overseas company or companies that the Registrar may specify, of a form for the purposes of this Part that is different from that prescribed.
The Registrar may at any time revoke, in whole or in part, any approval given under subsection (1).
An application, notice, or other document given to the Registrar by an overseas company must be treated as having been given in the prescribed form if the Registrar has approved the use of the form by the overseas company under this section.

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