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 haven't 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.

In this guide:

If you don't meet your obligations under the Act

We can remove your company from the Companies Register if we believe it’s no longer operating.

For example, if you don't—

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 doesn't have a director living in—
- New Zealand, or
- Australia and who is a director of a company incorporated in Australia.

We must remove the company if—

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.

We’ll send you a notice if your company is going to be removed from the register. We’ll also publish a notice on our website.

To stop the removal you must take action within 20 working days.

Either—