C4C3C2C1Part 5A company's name

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C4

Pt. 5 power to apply (with modifications) conferred (E.W.S.) (1.12.2013) by Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Act 2010 (c. 7), ss. 4(1)(2)(b), 8(2); S.I. 2013/2936, art. 2

C3

Pt. 5 power to apply (with modifications) conferred (1.8.2014) by Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 (c. 14), ss. 135, 154 (with Sch. 5)

C2

Pts. 1-39 modified (31.12.2020) by Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2001, Art. AAA1(3) (as inserted by The European Public Limited-Liability Company (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1298), regs. 1, 97 (with regs. 140-145) (as amended by S.I. 2020/523, regs. 1(2), 5(a)-(f)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1))

C2Chapter 5Change of name

78Change of name by special resolution

1

Where a change of name has been agreed to by a company by special resolution, the company must give notice to the registrar.

This is in addition to the obligation to forward a copy of the resolution to the registrar.

2

Where a change of name by special resolution is conditional on the occurrence of an event, the notice given to the registrar of the change must—

a

specify that the change is conditional, and

b

state whether the event has occurred.

3

If the notice states that the event has not occurred—

a

the registrar is not required to act under section 80 (registration and issue of new certificate of incorporation) until further notice,

b

when the event occurs, the company must give notice to the registrar stating that it has occurred, and

c

the registrar may rely on the statement as sufficient evidence of the matters stated in it.