# Companies Act 2006, Section 1198: Name giving misleading indication of activities


(1) A person must not carry on business in the United Kingdom under a name that gives so misleading an indication of the nature of the activities of the business as to pose a risk of harm to the public in the United Kingdom or elsewhere.
(2) A person who uses a name in contravention of this section commits an offence.
(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.
(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.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/1198 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-1198
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.