Companies Act 1985

714 Registrar’s index of company and corporate names. E+W+S

(1) The registrar of companies shall keep an index of the names of the following bodies—

(a) companies as defined by this Act,

[F1 (aa) companies incorporated outside the United Kingdom and Gibraltar which have complied with paragraph 1 of Schedule 21A and which do not appear to the registrar of companies not to have a branch in Great Britain,]

(b) companies incorporated outside Great Britain which have complied with section 691 and which do not appear to the registrar of companies not to have a place of business in Great Britain,

(c) incorporated and unincorporated bodies to which any provision of this Act applies by virtue of section 718 (unregistered companies),

(d) limited partnerships registered under the M1 Limited Partnerships Act 1907

[F2 (da) limited liability partnerships incorporated under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000,]

(e) companies within the meaning of the M2 Companies Act (Northern Ireland) 1960,

(f) companies incorporated outside Northern Ireland which have complied with section 356 of that Act (which corresponds with section 691 of this Act), and which do not appear to the registrar not to have a place of business in Northern Ireland, and

(g) societies registered under the M3 Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965 or the M4 Industrial and Provident Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1969.

(2) The Secretary of State may by order in a statutory instrument vary subsection (1) by the addition or deletion of any class of body, except any within paragraph (a) or (b) of the subsection, whether incorporated or unincorporated; and any such statutory instrument is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 714(1)(aa) inserted (1.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/3179, reg. 4, Sch. 3 para. 8.

F2 S. 714(1)(da) inserted (6.4.2001) by 2000 c. 12, s. 1(6), Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 1; S.I. 2000/3316, art. 2

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 714 applied (with modifications) (6.4.2001) by S.I. 2001/1090, reg. 4, Sch. 2 Pt. I

C2 S. 714 amended (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/1228, regs. 1(2)(3), 20(2); S.I. 2001/3538, art. 2(1)

C3 S. 714(1) extended (with modifications) by S.I. 1989/638, regs. 18, 21, Sch. 4 para. 19

Marginal Citations

M1 1907 7 Edw. 7 c. 24

M2 1960 c. 22 (N.I.).

M3 1965 c. 12.

M4 1969 c. 24 (N.I.).