UK Statutory Instrument SI 2008 United Kingdom

Company Names Adjudicator Rules 2008

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Enforced by
Companies House
Status
Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person1

Plus 3 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

Other Acts binding the same actors

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Any Person — also bound by 2684 other Acts

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.art003 Procedure for objecting to a company’s registered name Regulated
  • File a counter-statement if your company name is challengedAny Person
s.art004 Evidence rounds Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Adjudicator must set evidence filing deadlines after initial response periodTribunal / Court
s.art005 Decision of adjudicator and hearings Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Adjudicator must decide company name applications and give written reasonsTribunal / Court
s.art014 Hours of business Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Companies House office must be open for public filings at set timesCrown / Minister / Government department
11 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.art001 Citation, commencement and interpretation
s.art002 Forms and fees
s.art006 General powers of adjudicator in relation to proceedings before him
s.art007 Requests for extensions of time
s.art008 Public proceedings
s.art009 Evidence in proceedings before the adjudicator
s.art010 Correction of irregularities of procedure
s.art011 Costs or expenses of proceedings
s.art012 Security for costs or expenses
s.art013 Address for service
s.art015 Excluded days

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