The New Zealand Companies Office (a service of the New Zealand
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE; mi, Hīkina Whakatutuki) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with "delivering policy, services, advice and regulation" which contribute to New Zealand's economic p ...
) is a government agency that provides
business registry services in relation to
corporate entities
A corporation is an organization—usually a group of people or a company—authorized by the state to act as a single entity (a legal entity recognized by private and public law "born out of statute"; a legal person in legal context) and re ...
,
personal property and
capital market securities
A security is a tradable financial asset. The term commonly refers to any form of financial instrument, but its legal definition varies by jurisdiction. In some countries and languages people commonly use the term "security" to refer to any for ...
. It delivers nearly all its services through electronic systems and the
internet
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.
Activities
Its registers relate to companies, personal property securities, superannuation funds, incorporated societies, building societies, charitable trusts, unit trusts, friendly societies and credit unions. The office also has compliance, prosecution and enforcement functions under the Companies Act, Securities Act, Corporations (Investigation and Management) Act 1989, Financial Reporting Act along with others.
Electronic register
The Companies Register's website includes an electronic register available to the public 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and provides the online searching, incorporation and maintenance services for New Zealand registered companies or other body corporates.
The Companies Office was the first government corporate registry in the world to allow access over the Internet to statutory corporate information.
[ The site went live in 1996. In 1999 the Companies Office was the first in the world to allow the incorporation of companies over the Internet.]
Other registers
The Companies Office is also responsible for the administration of the following registers:
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Societies and Trusts Register
*The Personal Property Securities Register
The Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR) is an electronic register that allows security interests in personal property to be registered and searched in accordance with the New Zealand Personal Property Securities Act 1999 (the Act) and t ...
(PPSR) is a fully electronic register where information about security interests in personal property are recorded and searched. The PPSR is available to the public 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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Disclose Register
- a register for offers of financial products and managed investment schemes under the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013.
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Financial Service Providers Register
- as required under th
*The New Zealand Companies Office is a founding member of the Corporate Registers Forum
The Corporate Registers Forum is an association grouping the corporate registries among the countries of the Commonwealth of Nations.
The membership is open to government agencies and their officials responsible for the administration of body cor ...
(an international association of corporate registries) and is an International member of th
International Association of Commercial Administrators (IACA)
See also
* List of company registers
This is a list of official business registers around the world.
There are many types of official business registers, usually maintained for various purposes by a state authority, such as a government agency, or a court of law. In some cases, ...
References
External links
New Zealand Companies Office WebsiteMinistry of Business, Innovation and Employment Website
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Corporate law
Government agencies of New Zealand
Registrars of companies