{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-1196A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-1196A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/46",
  "legislation_title": "Companies Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006",
  "path": "section/1196A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1196A",
  "heading": "Names suggesting connection with foreign governments etc",
  "text": "(1) A person must not carry on business in the United Kingdom under a name that would be likely to give the false impression that the business is connected with—\n(a) a foreign government or an agency or authority of a foreign government, or\n(b) an international organisation whose members include two or more countries or territories (or their governments).\n(2) A person who contravenes this section commits an offence.\n(3) Where an offence under this section is committed by a body corporate, an offence is also committed by every officer of the body who is in default.\n(4) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one-tenth of level 3 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 1196A inserted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 23, 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(r)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/1196A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:40.060156+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}