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Companies Act 1993

Registrar of Companies

360: Registers

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“Explains the types of company registers kept by the Registrar and how they are maintained”

The Registrar must keep two registers in New Zealand. One register is for companies registered under Part 2 or reregistered under this Act. The other register is for overseas companies registered or deemed to be registered under Part 18.

The Registrar can decide how to keep these registers. They can use any method they think is suitable. This includes using electronic devices or other means to record or store information. Whatever method is used, it must allow the information to be easily viewed or copied into a usable form.

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Part 20 Registrar of Companies

360Registers

  1. The Registrar must ensure that—

  2. a register of companies registered under Part 2 or reregistered under this Act in accordance with the Companies Reregistration Act 1993, as the case may be; and
    1. a register of overseas companies registered or deemed to be registered under Part 18,—
        1. is kept in New Zealand.

      1. Repealed

      2. Repealed

      3. The New Zealand register and the overseas register may be kept in such manner as the Registrar thinks fit including, either wholly or partly, by means of a device or facility—

      4. that records or stores information electronically or by other means; and
        1. that permits the information so recorded or stored to be readily inspected or reproduced in usable form.

          Notes
          • Section 360(2): repealed, on , by section 5 of the Companies Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 7).
          • Section 360(3): repealed, on , by section 5 of the Companies Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 7).