Companies Amendment Act 2013

1: Title
This Act is the Companies Amendment Act 2013.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3: Principal Act
This Act amends the Companies Act 1993 principal Act 2013-12-05 Companies Act 1993
4: Section 2 amended (Interpretation)
Repeal section 2(4)
5: Section 6 repealed (Extended meaning of subsidiary)
Repeal section 6
6: Section 22 amended (Application for reservation of name)
1: In section 22(2)(b) or another company under the Companies Act 1955
2: In section 22(2)(c) or the Companies Act 1955
7: Section 151 amended (Qualifications of directors)
Repeal section 151(2)(ba) to (d)
8: Section 280 amended (Qualifications of liquidators)
Repeal section 280(1)(ha) to (j)
9: Section 316A repealed (Transitional provision in relation to voidable transactions)
Repeal section 316A
10: Section 333 amended (Name to be reserved before carrying on business)
Repeal section 333(2)
11: New sections 399 to 401 inserted
After section 398
399: Companies Act 1955 continues to apply for limited purposes
1: The Companies Act 1955 continues to apply in respect of every winding up or liquidation of a company commenced before the close of 30 June 1997.
2: Section 42(3) to (7) of the Companies Amendment Act 1993 continue to apply in respect of every company to which those subsections applied immediately before the repeal of the Companies Act 1955.
3: Part 6A of the Companies Act 1955 continues to apply in respect of every company that, immediately before the repeal of that Act, was subject to any action under that Part of that Act to remove the company from the register, or had been removed from the register.
4: Subsections (1) to (3)
5: Nothing in subsection (1)
6: In this section and section 400 company register 1993 No 126 s 3
400: Companies restored to register or that have ceased to be in liquidation may be reregistered
1: This section applies to a company that, but for the repeal of the Companies Reregistration Act 1993, would have been deemed to have been reregistered under this Act in accordance with section 13A or 13B of the Companies Reregistration Act 1993 (which relate to companies that have been restored to the register or that have ceased to be in liquidation).
2: Sections 12 and 13A to 15 and the Schedule of the Companies Reregistration Act 1993 continue to apply to the company as if the Companies Amendment Act 2013
401: References to companies incorporated under Companies Act 1955
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.
12: Schedule 4 amended
1: In Schedule 4
B: in the case of the first annual return of a company registered under this Act, since the date of registration: .
2: In Schedule 4
B: in the case of the first annual return of a company registered under this Act, since the date of registration: .
3: In Schedule 4
ii: in the case of the first annual return of a company registered under this Act, since the date of registration,— .
4: In Schedule 4
13: Repeals
The following Acts are repealed:
a: Companies Act Repeal Act 1993
b: Companies Reregistration Act 1993
c: Company Law Reform (Transitional Provisions) Act 1994 2013-12-05 Companies Act Repeal Act 1993 Companies Reregistration Act 1993 Company Law Reform (Transitional Provisions) Act 1994
14: Amendments to other Acts
Amend the enactments specified in the Schedule 2013-12-05 Administration Act 1969 Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Amendment Act 1993 Airport Authorities Act 1966 Bills of Exchange Act 1908 Biosecurity Act 1993 Building Societies Act 1965 Building Societies Amendment Act 1993 Carriage of Goods Act 1979 Charitable Trusts Act 1957 Charitable Trusts Amendment Act 1993 Civil Aviation Act 1990 Commerce Act 1986 Co-operative Companies Act 1996 Corporations (Investigation and Management) Act 1989 Crown Research Institutes Act 1992 Customs and Excise Act 1996 Defamation Act 1992 Energy Companies Act 1992 Estate and Gift Duties Act 1968 Fair Trading Act 1986 Finance Act (No 3) 1940 Finance Act (No 2) 1981 Finance Act 1994 Friendly Societies and Credit Unions Act 1982 Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956 Health Sector (Transfers) Act 1993 Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters Act 1992 Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007 Income Tax Act 2007 Incorporated Societies Amendment Act 1993 Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1908 Industrial and Provident Societies Amendment Act 1919 Industrial and Provident Societies Amendment Act 1993 Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1996 Insurance Intermediaries Act 1994 Joint Family Homes Act 1964 Judicature Act 1908 Land Transfer Act 1952 Land Transfer Amendment Act 1993 Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 Maritime Transport Act 1994 Official Information Act 1982 Ombudsmen Act 1975 Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987 Partnership Act 1908 Pork Industry Board Act 1997 Port Companies Act 1988 Privacy Act 1993 Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988 Public Finance Act 1989 Public Works Act 1981 Radiocommunications Act 1989 Radio New Zealand Act 1995 Receiverships Act 1993 Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1989 Rural Intermediate Credit Act 1927 Rural Intermediate Credit Amendment Act 1946 Sale of Liquor Act 1989 Smoke-free Environments Act 1990 Social Security Act 1964 State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986 Statutes Amendment Act 1939 Tax Administration Act 1994 Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993 Trade Unions Act 1908 Trustee Act 1956 Trustee Companies Act 1967 Trustee Companies Management Act 1975 Unclaimed Money Act 1971