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1047. Registered name of overseas company

(1) Regulations under section 1046 (duty to register particulars) must require an overseas company that is required to register particulars to register its name.

(2) This may be -

(a) the company's corporate name (that is, its name under the law of the country or territory in which it is incorporated) or

(b) an alternative name specified in accordance with section 1048.

(3) [deleted]

(4) the following provisions of Part 5 (a company's name) apply in relation to the registration of the name of an overseas company -

(a) section 53 (prohibited names);

(aa) section 53A (names for criminal purposes);

(b) sections 54 to 56 (sensitive words and expressions);

(bza) section 56A (names suggesting connection with foreign governments etc);

(ba) section 57 (permitted characters etc);

(bb) section 57A (names containing computer code);

(bc) section 57B (restriction on re-registering name following direction).

(bd) section 57C (names that another company has been directed to change);

(c) section 65 (i

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