Territorial Extent and Devolution Chapter 5: Change of Name Section 80: Change of name: registration and issue of new certificate of incorporation
183.This section, which partly replaces sections 28(6) and 32(5) of the 1985 Act, provides for the procedures that the registrar must perform before a company’s proposed new name is effective. Subsection (2) provides for the checks both that the name meets all the requirements for a company’s name in this Part of the Act and that the necessary documents have been provided. Subsection (3) provides for the company to be issued with a certificate of incorporation with the new name.