Niue - Apply for Incorporation of a Company

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Procedure

1. Go to the Registrar to apply for incorporation of a company.
2. Submit required information and documents.
3. The Registrar will enter the name of the company on the Niue Register.
4. Pay the fee.
5. Certificate of Incorporation will be issued.

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Required Documents

• A copy of the rules of the company, if they differ from the model rules;

Office Locations & Contacts

Registrar of Companies
Treasury Department
Niue Public Services
PO Box 36
Utuko
Alofi
Niue
Contact Numbers:
Freephone within Niue

• 010 or 015 (ask for the Companies Office)

Freephone within New Zealand

• 0508 722 434

Freephone outside Niue and New Zealand

• +64 3 962 2723

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Fees

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Validity

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Required Information

• The name of the company, which must comply with section 10; and
• Whether the company is a private company or a public company; and
• Whether the rules of the company differ from the model rules set out in Schedule 2 (in the case of a private company) or Schedule 4 (in the case of a public company); and
• The full name, residential address, and postal address of every director of the proposed company; and
• The full name of every shareholder of the proposed company, and the number of shares to be issued to every shareholder; and
• The registered office of the proposed company; and
• The postal address of the company, which may be the registered office or any other postal address.
• An application for incorporation must be accompanied by
  • A consent by each person named as a director to act as a director of the company, in the prescribed form.

Name of the Company

• The name of a company must end with the word Limited.
• The Registrar must not register a company with a name
  • That is identical or almost identical to the name of another company; or
  • The use of which would contravene any enactment in relation to the use of names; or
  • That contravenes regulations made under this Act in relation to company names; or
  • That the Registrar considers to be offensive.
• If an application for incorporation of a company specifies a name that does not meet the requirements of this section, the Registrar must incorporate the company with a name in the form Company number x Limited, where x is a unique number assigned to the company by the Registrar for this purpose.

Need for the Document

Incorporation is the forming of a new corporation. The corporation may be a business, a non-profit organization, sports club, or a government of a new city or town.

Following are the procedures on how to apply for incorporation of a company in Niue.

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Other uses of the Document/Certificate

A certificate of incorporation of a company is conclusive evidence that

• All the requirements of this Act as to incorporation have been complied with; and
• On and from the date of incorporation stated in the certificate, the company is incorporated under this Act.
• A company incorporated under this Act is a legal entity in its own right separate from its shareholders, and continues in existence until it is removed from the Niue register.

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