Review of Industrial & Provident Societies

Published: 13.10.2009

In preparation for the introduction of the new registry IT-system Enterprise, the Registrar of Industrial and Provident Societies (“the Registrar”) is conducting a review of the Industrial and Provident Societies register.

The new IT-system will be introduced in Mid 2010, starting with the Companies Office, and will subsequently be expanded to other registers, such as the Industrial and Provident Societies register. There are currently 299 societies registered under the Industrial & Provident Societies Act 1908 (“the Act”).

The main purpose of the review is to determine whether a society is still operating and to ask them to provide the Registrar with up-to-date addresses for the society. A letter has been issued to all Industrial & Provident Societies which were registered prior to 2009 in regards to this.

Under the Act a society has an obligation to file an annual financial statement which is known as an annual return, and this must be sent to the Registrar each year for filing. Further information on a society’s obligations is available on our website:
www.companies.govt.nz/cms/other-registered-entities/industrial-and-provident-societies

If you are a member of an Industrial & Provident society or were a member of a society which is no longer operating, then please contact the Registrar. We would like to know whether it still exists and if so, what its current addresses are. This can be done by emailing compliance@companies.govt.nz or by writing to the Registrar of Industrial and Provident Societies at:

Ministry of Economic Development
Northern Business Centre
Private Bag 92061,
Victoria Street West,
Auckland 1142.