Point in time view as at 04/01/2024.
Companies Act 2006, Section 82 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 09 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision requiring companies—
(a)to display specified information in specified locations,
(b)to state specified information in specified descriptions of document or communication, and
(c)to provide specified information on request to those they deal with in the course of their business.
(2)The regulations—
(a)must in every case require disclosure of the name of the company, and
(b)may make provision as to the manner in which any specified information is to be displayed, stated or provided.
(3)The regulations may provide that, for the purposes of any requirement to disclose a company's name, any variation between a word or words required to be part of the name and a permitted abbreviation of that word or those words (or vice versa) shall be disregarded.
(4)In this section “specified” means specified in the regulations.
(5)Regulations under this section are subject to affirmative resolution procedure.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 82-85 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Unregistered Companies Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2436), regs. 3-5, Sch. 1 para. 4 (with transitional provisions and savings in regs. 7, 9, Sch. 2)
C2S. 82 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), regs. 2, 14 (as amended (31.1.2015) by The Company, Limited Liability Partnership and Business (Names and Trading Disclosures) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/17), reg. 1(1), Sch. 5 para. 5)
Commencement Information
I1S. 82 wholly in force at 1.10.2008; s. 82 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 1300; s. 82 in force for specified purposes at 20.1.2007 by S.I. 2006/3428, art. 3(3) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1 and with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5); s. 82 in force at 1.10.2008 by S.I. 2007/3495, art. 5(1)(b) (with savings in arts. 7, 12)
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