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Companies Act 1993

Overseas companies

337: Registration of overseas company

You could also call this:

“How an overseas company gets registered in New Zealand”

When you send the right paperwork to register your overseas company, the Registrar will put it on the overseas register right away.

Some overseas companies are automatically registered because of section 334(3). If this applies to your company, the Registrar will move its registration to the overseas register as soon as this law starts.

If you tell the Registrar that your overseas company has changed its name, as required by section 334(5), the Registrar will update this new name on the overseas register.

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Part 18 Overseas companies

337Registration of overseas company

  1. Where the Registrar receives a properly completed application for registration under this Part of an overseas company, the Registrar must forthwith register the application on the overseas register.

  2. Where an overseas company is deemed to be registered under this Part by virtue of section 334(3), the Registrar must, forthwith after the commencement of this Act, transfer the registration of the overseas company to the overseas register.

  3. Where the Registrar receives a notice of a change of name of an overseas company in accordance with section 334(5), the Registrar must register the change of name on the overseas register.