Version Superseded: 04/03/2024
Point in time view as at 04/01/2024. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Companies Act 2006, Section 1198 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 09 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)A person must not carry on business in the United Kingdom under a name that gives so misleading an indication of the nature of the activities of the business as to [F1be likely to cause harm to the public] [F1pose a risk of harm to the public in the United Kingdom or elsewhere].
(2)A person who uses a name in contravention of this section commits an offence.
(3)Where an offence under this section is committed by a body corporate, an offence is also committed by every officer of the body who is in default.
(4)A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one-tenth of level 3 on the standard scale.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 1198(1) substituted (26.10.2023 but only so far as it confers a power to make regulations or relates to the exercise of the power, otherwise prosp.) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 24, 219(1)(2)(b)
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