Part 1: Companies House Reform Business names Section 25: Use of name that a company has been required to change
This section inserts section 1198A into the Companies Act 2006, which provides that where a company has been directed to change its name or ordered to do so by the names change adjudicator it must not carry on business in the UK under that name after the period for compliance has expired. Exceptions are where approval has been granted by the Secretary of State or where the direction or order predate the coming into force of this section. Contravention of this section is an offence on the part of the company and all officers in default and attracts, on summary conviction, a fine of up to level 3 on the standard scale as well as a daily default of up to one-tenth of that for so long as the contravention continues.