SCHEDULE 2TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS
A company’s name (ss. 53 to 81)17
1
The following provisions of the Companies Act 2006 do not affect the continued registration of a company by a name by which it was duly registered—
a
in the case of an existing company, immediately before 1st October 2009, or
b
in the case of a transitional company, on its registration or re-registration (as the case may be).
2
The provisions are—
a
section 54 (name suggesting connection with government or public authority);
b
section 55 (other sensitive words or expressions);
c
section 57 (permitted characters etc);
d
section 65 (inappropriate use of indications of company type or legal form);
e
section 66 (name not to be the same as another in registrar’s index).