Directors ceasing to hold office

Director's ceasing to hold office is a matter of internal management for a company, however any changes to the directors of a company must be notified to the Registrar of Companies within 20 working days of the change.

A director may cease to hold office in several ways - for example, resigning, becoming disqualified or dying.  Every company however, must have at least one director.  If the company only has one director, a new director must be appointed before the current director can be removed.

A director that has ceased to hold office cannot notify the Registrar of any changes to director details. Only current directors may update director information.

This guide only provides assistance on notifying the Registrar after a director has ceased to hold office.

Step 1 | Notify the director's cessation online

Whenever you need to update director details the first steps are the same.  You must be a registered user of the website and have Company Authority for the company you wish to update.  You then need to:

1. Log on
2. Locate the company to update, then
3. Click on the Directors tab.

• Read more about these first steps...

From the Directors tab select Update Details (located on the right hand side of the director who is ceasing to hold office).

Under Director Status select the Cease Director button and enter the date the director ceased to hold office.  The date of change cannot be a date in the future, the change must already have happened.

Step 2 | Submit your update

Select the Submit button to continue.

Check the proposed changes in the 'Review and Submit' screen.

• If you do not wish to cease the director shown select the Cancel button, this will return you to the previous page.
• If you are happy with the proposed changes select the Submit button.

Once you submit your changes the director will be instantly removed from the Register and confirmation of this will be sent to you via email.