C2C3C4C1Part 5A company's name

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2

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

C3

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)

C4

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))

C4Chapter 5Change of name

77Change of name

1

A company may change its name—

a

by special resolution (see section 78), or

b

by other means provided for by the company's articles (see section 79).

2

The name of a company may also be changed—

a

by resolution of the directors acting under section 64 (change of name to comply with direction of Secretary of State under that section);

b

on the determination of a new name by a company names adjudicator under section 73 (powers of adjudicator on upholding objection to company name);

c

on the determination of a new name by the court under section 74 (appeal against decision of company names adjudicator);

d

under section 1033 (company's name on restoration to the register).