Valid from 01/01/2007
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 35 modified (21.2.2009) by The Banking Act 2009 (Parts 2 and 3 Consequential Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/317), art. 6(1)(3)
Valid from 20/01/2007
(1)The registrar of companies must keep an index of the names of the companies and other bodies to which this section applies.
This is “the registrar's index of company names”.
(2)This section applies to—
(a)UK-registered companies;
(b)any body to which any provision of the Companies Acts applies by virtue of regulations under section 1043 (unregistered companies); and
(c)overseas companies that have registered particulars with the registrar under section 1046, other than companies that appear to the registrar not to be required to do so.
(3)This section also applies to—
(a)limited partnerships registered in the United Kingdom;
(b)limited liability partnerships incorporated in the United Kingdom;
(c)European Economic Interest Groupings registered in the United Kingdom;
(d)open-ended investment companies authorised in the United Kingdom;
(e)societies registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965 (c. 12) or the Industrial and Provident Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (c. 24 (N.I.)).
(4)The Secretary of State may by order amend subsection (3)—
(a)by the addition of any description of body;
(b)by the deletion of any description of body.
(5)Any such order is subject to negative resolution procedure.
Commencement Information
I1S. 1099 wholly in force at 1.10.2009; s. 1099 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 1300; s. 1099 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. 1099 otherwise in force at 1.10.2009 by S.I. 2008/2860, art. 3(r) (with arts. 5, 7, 8, Sch. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2009/1802, art. 18)