e-Publication In The Commercial Gazette

From 1 July, 2011 a new electronic process has been introduced for publishing notices and documents in the Commercial Gazette.

Anyone seeking to publish information in the Commercial Gazette must register at its website. This will give them a personal registration number which they can then use to upload documents electronically for publication.

According to a non-binding written submission from the Ministry of Justice, publication can be effected by a representative acting on behalf of the person subject to the publication requirement, even though the legislation does not expressly provide for this.

For example, this means a law firm could register at the website and then publish documents on a client's behalf using its own registration number.