Part 1: Companies House Reform Company names Section 19: Registrar’s power to change names containing computer code
Section 19 amends the heading of Chapter 5 of Part 5 of the Companies Act 2006. It also inserts section 76C into the Companies Act 2006, which gives powers to the Registrar so that she can act where companies, already on the register, have a name which contains computer code. The powers allow the Registrar to determine a new name for the company and remove from the register any reference to the company’s old name. Where the Registrar has exercised the powers, the Registrar must notify the company and annotate the register accordingly.
	While an earlier section in the Act allows for the prevention of names involving computer code being incorporated onto the register, this section allows for their removal where they are detected in relation to companies already incorporated on the register.