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Companies Act 1993

Transfer of registration - Registration of overseas companies as companies under this Act

345: Application for registration

You could also call this:

“How to apply to register an overseas company in New Zealand”

If you’re an overseas company and you want to register as a company in New Zealand under the Companies Act 1993, you need to fill out a special form. With this form, you must provide some important documents and information.

You need to give a certified copy of your company’s certificate of incorporation or a similar document that shows your company was officially created. You also need to provide a certified copy of the documents that explain how your company is set up and run.

You have to show proof that you’re allowed to register as a company in New Zealand. This means you need to show that section 346 and section 347 don’t stop you from registering.

You also need to give all the documents and information that are normally required to register a company under Part 2 of the Companies Act. The person in charge of registering companies (called the Registrar) might ask for other documents and information too.

Sometimes, the Registrar might tell you that you don’t need to provide a document if it has already been given to them or registered under Part 18 of the Act.

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Part 19 Transfer of registration
Registration of overseas companies as companies under this Act

345Application for registration

  1. An application by an overseas company to register as a company under this Act must be in the prescribed form and must be accompanied by—

  2. a certified copy of its certificate of incorporation or other similar document that evidences its incorporation; and
    1. a certified copy of the documents defining its constitution; and
      1. evidence acceptable to the Registrar that the company is not prevented from being registered as a company under this Act by either section 346 or section 347; and
        1. the documents and information that are required to register a company under Part 2; and
          1. any other documents and information the Registrar may require.

            1. The Registrar may direct that a document that has been delivered to the Registrar or registered under Part 18 need not accompany the application.