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Companies Act 1993

Transfer of registration - Transfer of registration of companies to other jurisdictions

350: Companies may transfer incorporation

You could also call this:

“Companies can change to follow another country's laws instead of New Zealand's”

You can remove a company from the New Zealand register if it wants to become a company in another country. This means the company will follow the laws of that other country instead of New Zealand’s laws. However, there are some rules that the company needs to follow before it can do this. These rules are explained in other parts of the law.

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Part 19 Transfer of registration
Transfer of registration of companies to other jurisdictions

350Companies may transfer incorporation

  1. Subject to this Part, a company may be removed from the New Zealand register in connection with becoming incorporated under the law in force in, or in any part of, another country.