18.—(1) Where, in respect of a proposed open-ended investment company, it appears to the Authority that the requirements of regulation 14(1)(a) to (c) are or will be met, the Authority must notify the appropriate registrar of the name by which it is proposed that the company should be incorporated.
(2) Every open-ended investment company must obtain the Authority’s approval to any proposed change in the name by which the company is incorporated and the Authority must notify the appropriate registrar of the proposed name.
(3) If it appears to the appropriate registrar that the provisions of regulation 19(1) are not contravened in relation to the proposed name, he must notify the Authority to that effect.