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Companies Act Repeal Act 1993

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Companies Act Repeal Act 1993
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Companies Act Repeal Act 1993: repealed, on 5 December 2013, by section 13(a) of the Companies Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 111).

Reprint
as at 5 December 2013

Companies Act Repeal Act 1993

Public Act 1993 No 126
Date of assent 28 September 1993
Commencement see section 1(2)

  • Companies Act Repeal Act 1993: repealed, on 5 December 2013, by section 13(a) of the Companies Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 111).

Note

Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this eprint. See the notes at the end of this eprint for further details.

This Act is administered by the Department of Justice.

Contents

Title

1 Short Title and commencement

2 Repeal of Companies Act 1955

3 Savings

Schedule
Repeals

An Act to repeal the Companies Act 1955

1 Short Title and commencement

  • (1) This Act may be cited as the Companies Act Repeal Act 1993.

    (2) This Act shall come into force on the close of 30 June 1997.

2 Repeal of Companies Act 1955

  • (1) The Companies Act 1955 is hereby repealed.

    (2) The enactments specified in the Schedule are hereby consequentially repealed.

    (3) The Companies (Fees) Order 1987 (SR 1987/152) is hereby consequentially revoked.

3 Savings

  • (1) The Companies Act 1955 shall, notwithstanding its repeal by section 2, continue in force and apply in respect of—

    • (a) every winding up or liquidation of a company commenced before the coming into force of this Act:

    • (b) every company that has made an application for reregistration under the Companies Reregistration Act 1993 before the coming into force of this Act, but that has not been reregistered on the coming into force of this Act, and shall continue in force and apply until the company is so reregistered:

    • (c) every company that, immediately after the commencement of this Act, has not been reregistered or deemed to be reregistered under the Companies Reregistration Act 1993 and, in any such case, shall continue in force and apply to the company until the company is reregistered or deemed to be reregistered under that Act.

    (2) Despite the repeal of the Companies Act 1955 by section 2, subsections (3) to (7) of section 42 of the Companies Amendment Act 1993 continue in force and apply in respect of every company to which those subsections applied immediately before that repeal.

    (3) Part 6A of the Companies Act 1955, despite the repeal of that Act by section 2, continues in force and applies in respect of every company that, immediately before that repeal, 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) Nothing in subsection (1)(a) applies in relation to section 290 of the Companies Act 1955.

    Section 3(2): added, on 30 June 1997, by section 2 of the Companies Act Repeal Amendment Act 1997 (1997 No 28).

    Section 3(3): added, on 30 June 1997, by section 2 of the Companies Act Repeal Amendment Act 1997 (1997 No 28).

    Section 3(4): added, on 30 June 1997, by section 2 of the Companies Act Repeal Amendment Act 1997 (1997 No 28).

Schedule
Repeals

s 2

  • 1960, No 49—The Companies Amendment Act 1960. (RS Vol 15, p 486.)

  • 1963, No 136—The Companies Amendment Act 1963: Part 2. (RS Vol 15, p 487.)

  • 1965, No 75—The Companies Amendment Act 1965. (RS Vol 15, p 506.)

  • 1965, No 129—The Companies Amendment Act (No 2) 1965. (RS Vol 15, p 507.)

  • 1966, No 105—The Companies Amendment Act 1966. (RS Vol 15, p 507.)

  • 1967, No 45—The Tarawera Forest Act 1967: Subsections (3) and (4) of section 6.

  • 1969, No 128—The Companies Amendment Act 1969. (RS Vol 15, p 508.)

  • 1973, No 13—The Companies Amendment Act 1973. (RS Vol 15, p 511.)

  • 1975, No 137—The Companies Amendment Act 1975. (RS Vol 15, p 512.)

  • 1978, No 45—The Companies Amendment Act 1978. (RS Vol 15, p 516.)

  • 1978, No 103—The Securities Act 1978: Section 71. (RS Vol 15, pp 517, 533.)

  • 1980, No 43—The Companies Amendment Act 1980. (RS Vol 15, p 519.)

  • 1982, No 152—The Companies Amendment Act 1982. (RS Vol 15, p 525.)

  • 1983, No 52—The Companies Amendment Act 1983. (RS Vol 15, p 528.)

  • 1983, No 53—The Companies Amendment Act (No 2) 1983. (RS Vol 15, p 529.)

  • 1985, No 80—The Companies Amendment Act 1985.

  • 1986, No 80—The Companies Amendment Act 1986.

  • 1987, No 133—The Companies Amendment Act 1987.

  • 1989, No 14—The Motor Vehicle Securities Act 1989: So much of Schedule 2 as relates to the Companies Act 1955.

  • 1989, No 101—The Companies Amendment Act 1989.

  • 1989, No 148—The Radiocommunications Act 1989: So much of Schedule 2 as relates to the Companies Act 1955.

  • 1990, No 18—The Companies Amendment Act 1990.

  • Schedule: amended, on 1 July 1994, by section 2(a) to (d) of the Companies Act Repeal Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 8) by omitting the items relating to “Companies Amendment Act 1971”, “Companies Amendment Act 1977”, “Official Information Amendment Act 1987”, and “Companies Amendment Act 1988”.

Eprint notes
1 General

  • This is an eprint of the Companies Act Repeal Act 1993 that incorporates all the amendments to that Act as at the date of the last amendment to it.

2 About this eprint

  • This eprint is not an official version of the legislation under section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012.

3 Amendments incorporated in this eprint
Act Repealed Latest version as at 05 December 2013
Companies Act Repeal Act 1993