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400: Companies restored to register or that have ceased to be in liquidation may be reregistered
or “Companies brought back or finished liquidating may need to re-register”

You could also call this:

“How laws apply to companies created under different Acts”

If you see a law or rule that talks about a company that was set up under the Companies Act 1955, you should know that it also means companies that are registered under the Companies Act 1993. This is true unless the context of the law or rule says otherwise. This means that when you’re reading about companies in New Zealand laws, you don’t have to worry too much about which specific Act the company was created under. The rules usually apply to all companies, whether they were set up under the old 1955 Act or the newer 1993 Act.

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Next up: 402: Validation of fee used to recover costs of Registrar of New Zealand Business Numbers

or “Fee for New Zealand Business Number costs is confirmed as valid”

Part 22 Miscellaneous

401References to companies incorporated under Companies Act 1955

  1. A reference in any enactment to a company incorporated under the Companies Act 1955 or to which that Act applies must, unless the context otherwise requires, be read as including a company registered under this Act or to which this Act applies.

Notes
  • Section 401: inserted, on , by section 11 of the Companies Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 111).