1047Registered name of overseas companyU.K.
(1)Regulations under section 1046 (duty to register particulars) must require an overseas company that is required to register particulars to register its name.
(2)This may be—
(a)the company's corporate name (that is, its name under the law of the country or territory in which it is incorporated) or
(b)an alternative name specified in accordance with section 1048.
F1(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4)F2... The following provisions of Part 5 (a company's name) apply in relation to the registration of the name of an overseas company—
(a)section 53 (prohibited names);
(b)sections 54 to 56 (sensitive words and expressions);
[F3(ba)section 57 (permitted characters etc);]
(c)section 65 (inappropriate use of indications of company type or legal form);
(d)sections 66 to 74 (similarity to other names);
(e)section 75 (provision of misleading information etc);
(f)section 76 (misleading indication of activities).
F4(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(6)Any reference in the provisions mentioned in subsection (4) F5... to a change of name shall be read as a reference to registration of a different name under section 1048.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 1047(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Companies, Limited Liability Partnerships and Partnerships (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/348), reg. 2, Sch. 1 para. 14(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in s. 1047(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Companies, Limited Liability Partnerships and Partnerships (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/348), reg. 2, Sch. 1 para. 14(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3S. 1047(4)(ba) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Companies, Limited Liability Partnerships and Partnerships (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/348), reg. 2, Sch. 1 para. 14(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4S. 1047(5) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Companies, Limited Liability Partnerships and Partnerships (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/348), reg. 2, Sch. 1 para. 14(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Words in s. 1047(6) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Companies, Limited Liability Partnerships and Partnerships (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/348), reg. 2, Sch. 1 para. 14(d); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Commencement Information
I1S. 1047 wholly in force at 1.10.2009; s. 1047 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 1300; s. 1047 in force for specified purposes at 20.1.2007 by S.I. 2006/3428, art. 3(3) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1 and with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5); s. 1047 otherwise in force at 1.10.2009 by S.I. 2008/2860, art. 3(q) (with arts. 5, 7, 8, Sch. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2009/1802, art. 18)