PART 1Companies etc

Company names

I1I28Names for criminal purposes

1

The Companies Act 2006 is amended as follows.

2

After section 53 insert—

53ANames for criminal purposes

A company must not be registered under this Act by a name if, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, the registration of the company by that name is intended to facilitate—

a

the commission of an offence involving dishonesty or deception, or

b

the carrying out of conduct that, if carried out in any part of the United Kingdom, would amount to such an offence.

3

In section 1047 (registered name of overseas company), in subsection (4), after paragraph (a) insert—

aa

section 53A (names for criminal purposes);