When the Registrar removes your company
Why this happens and how to object
The Registrar of Companies can remove your company from the Companies Register if:
- you have not complied with your obligations under the Companies Act 1993 (the Act), or
- your company has been liquidated (and that liquidation has ended or no liquidator is acting), or
- your company has amalgamated with another company.
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If you do not meet your obligations under the Act
We can remove your company from the Companies Register if we believe it is no longer operating.
For example, if you do not:
- complete an annual return for your company
- respond to requests for information that you must supply to us.
Your company can also be removed if:
- you intentionally provide inaccurate information to us
- your company's directors or shareholders persistently fail to comply with duties relating to the company under the Act
- it does not have a director living in:
- New Zealand, or
- Australia and who is a director of a company incorporated in Australia.
If your company has been in liquidation
We must remove the company if:
- your liquidator has sent the final report for the liquidation, or
- no liquidator is acting for the company.
Amalgamating with another company
If your company no longer exists because of an amalgamation, we remove it from the register on the day we issue a certificate of amalgamation.
If you do not want your company removed
We will send you a notice if your company is going to be removed from the register. We will also publish a notice on our website.
To stop the removal you must take action within 20 working days.
Either:
- comply with any conditions stated in the notice, or
- object to the removal.
See our current
Other guides in
Closing a company
- Before you close your company
- Applying to remove your company from the register
- Objecting to the removal of a company
- Withdrawing an objection