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Companies Act 1993

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

348: Registration

You could also call this:

“How to register an overseas company in New Zealand and get a certificate”

When you want to register an overseas company as a company in New Zealand, you need to send a properly filled out application to the Registrar. Once the Registrar gets your application, they will do two things. First, they will put the company’s details on the New Zealand register. These details are the ones required by section 360. Second, they will give you a certificate of registration in the form that the law says it should be in.

This certificate of registration is very important. It proves two things without any doubt. It shows that you have followed all the rules in the Companies Act about registering a company. It also shows that from the date written on the certificate, your company is officially registered under New Zealand law.

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

348Registration

  1. As soon as the Registrar receives a properly completed application for registration of an overseas company as a company under this Act, the Registrar must—

  2. enter on the New Zealand register the particulars of the company required under section 360; and
    1. issue a certificate of registration in the prescribed form.

      1. A certificate of registration of a company issued under this section is conclusive evidence that—

      2. all the requirements of this Act as to registration have been complied with; and
        1. on and from the date of registration stated in the certificate, the company is registered under this Act.