Form 3 - Notification Of Changes To Charitable Entity (New Zealand)

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F3/NOV12
3
Form
Notification of changes to charitable entity
Section 40, Charities Act 2005
Before you begin to fill out this form, please take a few moments to read the notes below.
The purpose of this form
Helpful tip - Some changes that you need to
tell us about may take place at your annual
Notifying changes ensures your information is
general meeting (AGM). In this case you may
accurate and up-to-date.
choose to report them as part of your Annual
We also need to be sure that your registration
Return; as long as we receive your Annual
status isn’t affected by any changes you make.
Return form within three months of the
changes being made.
We encourage you to notify
changes online
Supporting material you may
need to provide
Notify changes online by logging into your
account at
As well as this form you must, where applicable,
provide:
• Online forms are already partly completed
using your details from the Charities
• an Officer certification form
Register.
– Form 2 for any new officers
• a Notification of change for a disqualified
• You can complete online forms in stages by
officer form – Form 8
logging in and out.
for any disqualified officers
All our forms are available at
• a copy of any amendments to your rules
and a copy of the record of the change – for
example, minutes of the meeting, showing
Changes you need to notify us about
the decision and the effective date of the
You must let us know about changes to these
change.
If you are required to send changes to your
six key areas:
rules to the Companies Office, please do this
• legal name of your charity
before you send the amended rules to us.
• address for service
Some changes might affect your
• balance date
registration status
• rules
It is possible that you could make a change
• the purposes of your charity
that stops your charity from being eligible
• officers (including new appointments and
for registration. If we have concerns about a
officers that have resigned or become
change, we will write to you and give you the
disqualified).
opportunity to have your say about it.
If we are still unable to accept the change,
You must also tell us the date that any change
we may decide to deregister your charity. We
comes into effect.
will send you a formal notice explaining our
Changes must be notified within three months
decision and the reasons
of either the date of the change or of you
for it.
becoming aware of the change.

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