Part 5A company’s name
Chapter 3Similarity to other names
Similarity to other name on registrar’s index
67Power to direct change of name in case of similarity to existing name
1
The Secretary of State may direct a company to change its name if it has been registered in a name that is the same as or, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, too like—
a
a name appearing at the time of the registration in the registrar’s index of company names, or
b
a name that should have appeared in that index at that time.
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 no direction is to be given under this section in respect of a name—
i
in specified circumstances, or
ii
if specified consent is given, and
b
that a subsequent change of circumstances or withdrawal of consent does not give rise to grounds for a direction under this section.
5
Regulations under this section are subject to negative resolution procedure.
6
In this section “specified” means specified in the regulations.