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Companies Act 2006, Section 85 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 02 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.
Valid from 01/10/2008
(1)For the purposes of this Chapter, in considering a company's name no account is to be taken of—
(a)whether upper or lower case characters (or a combination of the two) are used,
(b)whether diacritical marks or punctuation are present or absent,
(c)whether the name is in the same format or style as is specified under section 57(1)(b) for the purposes of registration,
provided there is no real likelihood of names differing only in those respects being taken to be different names.
(2)This does not affect the operation of regulations under section 57(1)(a) permitting only specified characters, diacritical marks or punctuation.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 85 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), regs. 2, 15
C2Ss. 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)
Commencement Information
I1S. 85 wholly in force at 1.10.2008; s. 85 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 1300; s. 85 in force at 1.10.2008 by S.I. 2007/3495, art. 5(1)(b) (with savings in arts. 7, 12 and subject to transitional adaptations in Sch. 1 para. 23)
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