Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 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
C2Pt. 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)
C3Pts. 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))
C4Pts. 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
(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).
[F1(e)by resolution of the directors acting under section 45(3) of the Charities Act 2011 (change of name to comply with direction of Charity Commission).]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 77(2)(e) inserted (14.6.2023) by Charities Act 2022 (c. 6), s. 41(4), Sch. 2 para. 46; S.I. 2023/643, Sch. para. 20(v)