Companies Act 2006

1047 Registered name of overseas company U.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);

[F3 (aa) section 53A (names for criminal purposes);]

(b) sections 54 to 56 (sensitive words and expressions);

[F4 (bza) section 56A (names suggesting connection with foreign governments etc);]

[F5 (ba) section 57 (permitted characters etc);]

[F6 (bb) section 57A (names containing computer code);]

[F7 (bc) section 57B (restriction on re-registering name following direction).]

[F8 (bd) section 57C (names that another company has been directed to change);]

(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).

[F9 (g) section 76A (power to direct change of name used for criminal purposes);]

[F10 (h) section 76B (direction to change name wrongly registered);]

[F11 (i) section 76C (registrar’s power to change name containing computer code);

(j) section 76D (registrar’s power to change name for failure to comply with direction).]

F12 (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6) Any reference in the provisions mentioned in subsection (4) F13 ... to a change of name shall be read as a reference to registration of a different name under section 1048.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 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)

F2 Words 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)

F3 S. 1047(4)(aa) inserted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 8(3), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(d)

F4 S. 1047(4)(bza) inserted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 9(3), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(e)

F5 S. 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)

F6 S. 1047(4)(bb) inserted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 10(3), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(f)

F7 S. 1047(4)(bc) inserted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 11(3), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(g)

F8 S. 1047(4)(bd) inserted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 12(3), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(h)

F9 S. 1047(4)(g) inserted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 17(5), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(m)

F10 S. 1047(4)(h) inserted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 18(3), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(n)

F11 S. 1047(4)(i)(j) inserted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 21(2), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(q)

F12 S. 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)

F13 Words 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

I1 S. 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)