Rule detail : 201173

NZ PRL Address of Company Directors

Updated on: Oct 11, 2026

Latest Event

Oct. 2026 NZ GVT Address Information Regulations
On Oct. 1, 2026, NZ GVT gazetted Companies Act 1993 (Address Information) Amendment Regulations 2026, amending the Companies Act 1993 Regulations 1994.
New regulation 4B and schedule 1A prescribe the information a person must supply in an application to alter address information for a safety reason.
The Registrar may approve a form, method, format or medium for supplying it, which must include a means of supplying the statutory declaration.
Prescribed information includes the director's full legal name, phone number, email, current residential address and proposed alternative address.
It also covers each relevant company, and for a shareholder covered by the act, their name, relevant companies and consent to the Registrar's steps.
The regulations come into force on Nov. 18, 2026.
Document dated Oct. 1, 2026, received from NZ GVT Oct. 7, summarized on Oct. 9.

On Feb. 15, NZ PRL proposed amendment re address information.

NZ PRL proposed Companies (address information) amendment bill, aimed at addressing concerns re availability of residential addresses of company directors.
Which pose threat to personal safety due to potential stalking, harassment, violence.
Overview of Bill
Proposes amendment to Companies act 1993 to allow directors to request substitution of residential address with address for service, if they have serious safety concerns.
Specifies commencement, coming into force 3 months after receiving Royal assent.
Registrar is mandated to update director's information upon receiving valid application.
Application, accompanied by prescribed fee, must include statutory declaration verifying personal safety risk, specify address for service, applicable to multiple firms.
Sep. 2024 Select Committee Report
On Sep. 18, 2024, NZ PRL issued Select Committee report regarding bill above, after a consultation process that included submissions from 62 interested groups, individuals.
The report recommends, by majority, that it be passed; recommends all amendments to bill unanimously; amendments to bill relate to areas like delaying commencement so that it would come into force by Order in Council; includes a backstop as well.
As a backstop, committee recommended that the bill come into force one year after receiving Royal assent, if it has not come into force earlier by Order in Council.
Document dated Sep. 18, 2024, was received on Sep. 20, 2024 due to a fixed feed.
Nov. 12, 2025 Third Reading
On Nov. 12, 2025, NZ PRL said the amendment bill has passed the third reading.
Nov. 18, 2025 Royal Assent
On Nov. 18, 2025, NZ PRL said the bill has received Royal assent on Nov. 17, 2025.
NZ GVT registered the Companies (address information) amendment act 2025, which comes into force on a single date set by Order in Council.
Dec. 2025 NZ CRG Commented on Next Steps
On Dec. 1, 2025, NZ CRG said the act above was signed into law on Nov. 18, 2025.
Directors can remove residential address from the Companies Register if they have concerns that public availability of their address may result in physical/mental harm.
A residential address can be replaced with an alternative address by submitting a statutory declaration, providing an alternative address and paying the fee.
The act is not yet in force; it will commence either by Order in Council or, at the latest, on Nov. 18, 2026 - the one-year anniversary of Royal assent.
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) to issue further guidance and communication for directors in the new year.
Oct. 2026 NZ GVT Address Information Regulations
On Oct. 1, 2026, NZ GVT gazetted Companies Act 1993 (Address Information) Amendment Regulations 2026, amending the Companies Act 1993 Regulations 1994.
New regulation 4B and schedule 1A prescribe the information a person must supply in an application to alter address information for a safety reason.
The Registrar may approve a form, method, format or medium for supplying it, which must include a means of supplying the statutory declaration.
Prescribed information includes the director's full legal name, phone number, email, current residential address and proposed alternative address.
It also covers each relevant company, and for a shareholder covered by the act, their name, relevant companies and consent to the Registrar's steps.
The regulations come into force on Nov. 18, 2026.
Document dated Oct. 1, 2026, received from NZ GVT Oct. 7, summarized on Oct. 9.

Regulators

NZ CRG; NZ GVT; NZ PRL

Entity Types

Corp

Reference

OG 10/1/2026; PR 12/1/2025; Act 67/2025, PR, 11/18/2025; PR 11/12/2025; Info, Rp 9/18/2024; Bill 18-1, PR 2/15/2024; ESG;

Functions

Compliance; C-Suite; Financial; Legal; Privacy; Reporting

Countries

New Zealand