Part 1: Companies House Reform Company names Section 14: Requirements to change name: removal of old name from public inspection
The Companies Act 2006 contains various powers of the Secretary of State to direct a company to change its name. This section inserts into various direction issuing powers of Part 5 Companies Act 2006 provisions which allow the Registrar to omit from the material that is available for public inspection references to the company’s name, where the company has been given a direction to change its name. The amendments inserted by this section brings all direction issuing powers to parity, allowing the Registrar to omit material from the public register whenever necessary.