C5C4C2C1Part 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)

C2

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))

C2Chapter 5Change of name

C2C380Change of name: registration and issue of new certificate of incorporation

F11

This section applies where the registrar receives notice of a change of a company's name.

2

If the registrar is satisfied—

a

that the new name complies with the requirements of this Part, and

b

that the requirements of the Companies Acts, and any relevant requirements of the company's articles, with respect to a change of name are complied with,

the registrar must enter the new name on the register in place of the former name.

F11

This section applies where—

a

the registrar receives notice of a change of a company’s name and is satisfied—

i

that the new name complies with the requirements of this Part, and

ii

that the requirements of the Companies Acts, and any relevant requirements of the company’s articles, with respect to a change of name are complied with, or

b

the registrar determines a new name for a company under section 76C or 76D.

2

The registrar must enter the new name on the register in place of the former name.

3

On the registration of the new name, the registrar must issue a certificate of incorporation altered to meet the circumstances of the case.