
Print Options
PrintThe Whole
Act
PrintThe Whole
Part
PrintThe Whole
Chapter
PrintThis
Section
only
Changes over time for: Section 34A


Timeline of Changes
This timeline shows the different points in time where a change occurred. The dates will coincide with the earliest date on which the change (e.g an insertion, a repeal or a substitution) that was applied came into force. The first date in the timeline will usually be the earliest date when the provision came into force. In some cases the first date is 01/02/1991 (or for Northern Ireland legislation 01/01/2006). This date is our basedate. No versions before this date are available. For further information see the Editorial Practice Guide and Glossary under Help.
No versions valid at: 04/02/1991
Status:
Point in time view as at 04/02/1991. This version of this provision is not valid for this point in time.

Status
Not valid for this point in time generally means that a provision was not in force for the point in time you have selected to view it on.
Changes to legislation:
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Companies Act 1985, Section 34A.

Changes to Legislation
Revised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. At the current time any known changes or effects made by subsequent legislation have been applied to the text of the legislation you are viewing by the editorial team. Please see ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ for details regarding the timescales for which new effects are identified and recorded on this site.
Valid from 01/07/2005
34APenalty for improper use of “community interest company” etc.E+W+S
(1)A company which is not a community interest company is guilty of an offence if it carries on any trade, profession or business under a name which includes any of the expressions specified in subsection (3).
(2)A person other than a company is guilty of an offence if it carries on any trade, profession or business under a name which includes any of those expressions (or any contraction of them) as its last part.
(3)The expressions are—
(a)“community interest company” or its Welsh equivalent (“cwmni buddiant cymunedol”), and
(b)“community interest public limited company” or its Welsh equivalent (“cwmni buddiant cymunedol cyhoeddus cyfyngedig”).
(4)Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply—
(a)to a person who was carrying on a trade, profession or business under the name in question at any time during the period beginning with 1st September 2003 and ending with 4th December 2003, or
(b)if the name in question was on 4th December 2003 a registered trade mark or Community trade mark (within the meaning of the Trade Marks Act 1994 (c. 26)), to a person who was on that date a proprietor or licensee of that trade mark.
(5)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) and, if that person is a company, any officer of the company who is in default, is liable to a fine and, for continued contravention, to a daily default fine.
Back to top