PART 1Companies etc
Company names
I1I211Prohibition on re-registering name following direction
1
The Companies Act 2006 is amended as follows.
2
After section 57A (inserted by section 10 of this Act) insert—
Prohibitions where a company has been required to change a name
57BProhibition on re-registering name following direction
1
Where a company’s name has at any time been changed following a direction under section 67, 75, 76, 76A or 76B, or an order under section 73, the company must not subsequently be registered under this Act by the original name or a name that is similar to it.
2
But subsection (1) does not prevent the registration of the company by any name approved by the Secretary of State.
3
In subsection (1)—
a
the reference to the name of a company being changed following a direction under a particular section includes a case where a new name is determined for the company under section 76D because of its failure to comply with the direction;
b
the reference to the name of a company being changed following an order under section 73 includes a case where a new name is determined for the company under section 73(4) because of its failure to comply with an order.