C1C2C3Part 35The registrar of companies

Annotations:

The registrar's index of company names

I11099The registrar's index of company names

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 F1the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014.

F2f

protected cell companies registered under Part 4 of the Risk Transformation Regulations 2017.

F3f

charitable incorporated organisations within the meaning of Part 11 of the Charities Act 2011;

g

Scottish charitable incorporated organisations within the meaning of Chapter 7, Part 1 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 10)

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.