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Charity Summary

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

OpenLaw NZ Limited

Registration number:

CC55967

NZBN number:

9429046918826

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

24/07/2018

Balance Date:

March 31

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

9 Hunt Street

Whangarei

0110

Charity's other details

Email:

andrew@openlaw.nz

Website:

http://www.openlaw.nz

Areas of Operation:

Nationwide

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

N/A

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC55967

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

To educate the public about law by: a. enhancing and promoting online access to Legal Information; b. maximising the availability and accessibility of online Legal Information to the public; c. enhancing the utility of public Legal Information through the provision, development and maintenance of an open legal data platform; and To increase public understanding of law in New Zealand.

Note: The main sectors, activities and beneficiaries are bolded.

Activities:

Provides advice / information / advocacy

Sectors:

Education / training / research

Beneficiaries:

General public

Entity Structure

OpenLaw NZ is company incorporated under the Companies Act 1993. The company has two directors and engages contractors to help develop the OpenLaw NZ platform. We operate online-only, at www.openlaw.nz and provide related open source, and open access legal software from there.

Annual Returns

Annual Returns are due within 6 months of a charity’s balance date (financial year-end), or a longer period if an extension has been granted.

For Year Ended	Due Date	Date Submitted	Total Income	Total Expenditure	Financial Statements	Annual Return Summary
31/03/2024	30/09/2024	-	-	-	To be filed	To be filed
31/03/2023	30/09/2023	30/09/2023	$0	$1,561
31/03/2022	30/09/2022	29/09/2022	$0	$2,045
31/03/2021	30/09/2021	18/09/2021	$15,000	$14,534
31/03/2020	30/09/2020	27/09/2020	$35,004	$16,605
31/03/2019	30/09/2019	27/06/2019	$615	$928

Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Andrew John Easterbrook	Director	23/07/2018
William Hugh Parry	Director	23/07/2018

Charity Updates

Here is a list of all the details changed by the charity, for example adding or removing officers, amending rules, changing balance dates or updating address details.

Date Created	Reference	View Summary (.pdf <1MB)
7/01/2022	NOC005
6/05/2019	NOC001

Charity Documents

Date Uploaded	Document Type	Reference Name