{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-57A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-57A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/46",
  "legislation_title": "Companies Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006",
  "path": "section/57A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "57A",
  "heading": "Names containing computer code",
  "text": "A company must not be registered under this Act by a name that, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, consists of or includes computer code.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 57A and cross-heading 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. 10(2), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 57A applied (with modifications) (4.3.2024) by S.I. 2009/1804, reg. 9A (as inserted by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Company Law) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/234), regs. 1(2), 7; S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(a))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/57A",
    "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."
}