C1Part 34Overseas companies

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Registration of particulars

I11047Registered name of overseas company

1

Regulations under section 1046 (duty to register particulars) must require an overseas company that is required to register particulars to register its name.

2

This may be—

a

the company's corporate name (that is, its name under the law of the country or territory in which it is incorporated) or

b

an alternative name specified in accordance with section 1048.

3

Subject only to subsection (5), an EEA company may always register its corporate name.

4

In any other case, the following provisions of Part 5 (a company's name) apply in relation to the registration of the name of an overseas company—

a

section 53 (prohibited names);

b

sections 54 to 56 (sensitive words and expressions);

c

section 65 (inappropriate use of indications of company type or legal form);

d

sections 66 to 74 (similarity to other names);

e

section 75 (provision of misleading information etc);

f

section 76 (misleading indication of activities).

5

The provisions of section 57 (permitted characters etc) apply in every case.

6

Any reference in the provisions mentioned in subsection (4) or (5) to a change of name shall be read as a reference to registration of a different name under section 1048.