C4C3Part 5A company's name
Pts. 1-39 (except for Pt. 7 and ss. 662-669), 45-47 extended (12.5.2011) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1265), art. 5(1), Sch. 1 para. 2
Chapter 1General requirements
Permitted characters etc
I1C157Permitted characters etc
1
The Secretary of State may make provision by regulations—
a
as to the letters or other characters, signs or symbols (including accents and other diacritical marks) and punctuation that may be used in the name of a company registered under this Act; and
b
specifying a standard style or format for the name of a company for the purposes of registration.
2
The regulations may prohibit the use of specified characters, signs or symbols when appearing in a specified position (in particular, at the beginning of a name).
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A company may not be registered under this Act by a name that consists of or includes anything that is not permitted in accordance with regulations under this section.
4
Regulations under this section are subject to negative resolution procedure.
5
In this section “specified” means specified in the regulations.
Pt. 5 power to apply (with modifications) conferred (E.W.S.) (1.12.2013) by Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Act 2010 (c. 7), ss. 4(1)(2)(b), 8(2); S.I. 2013/2936, art. 2