C5C4C3C2Part 5A company's name

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C5

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

C4

Pt. 5 power to apply (with modifications) conferred (1.8.2014) by Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 (c. 14), ss. 135, 154 (with Sch. 5)

C3

Pts. 1-39 modified (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2001, Art. AAA1(3) (as inserted by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1298), regs. 1, 97 (with regs. 140-145) (as amended by S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 5(a)-(f)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))

Chapter 3Similarity to other names

Similarity to other name on registrar's index

I1C666Name not to be the same as another in the index

C11

A company must not be registered under this Act by a name that is the same as another name appearing in the registrar's index of company names.

2

The Secretary of State may make provision by regulations supplementing this section.

3

The regulations may make provision—

a

as to matters that are to be disregarded, and

b

as to words, expressions, signs or symbols that are, or are not, to be regarded as the same,

for the purposes of this section.

4

The regulations may provide—

a

that registration by a name that would otherwise be prohibited under this section is permitted—

i

in specified circumstances, or

ii

with specified consent, and

b

that if those circumstances obtain or that consent is given at the time a company is registered by a name, a subsequent change of circumstances or withdrawal of consent does not affect the registration.

5

Regulations under this section are subject to negative resolution procedure.

6

In this section “specified” means specified in the regulations.