Part 1: Companies House Reform Company names Section 11: Prohibition on re-registering name following direction
This section inserts section 57B into the Companies Act 2006. Section 57B provides that where specified Registrar powers of direction to change a name have been exercised and a company’s name has been changed, the company must not subsequently re-register under the name the subject of the direction or one similar to it. Companies which receive an order from the company names adjudicator to change their name, under section 73 of the Companies Act 2006, are also prohibited from re-registering as that name. Where a new name has been determined under section 73(4), which allows the company names adjudicator to determine a new name for a company that fails to change its name in the required period following an order, the company is prohibited from being registered under the original name or a name that is similar.
	Subsection 12(3) inserts a provision into section 1047(4) Companies Act 2006 which extends the above provisions to any overseas company required to register particulars.