{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-76C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-76C.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/46",
  "legislation_title": "Companies Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006",
  "path": "section/76C",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "76C",
  "heading": "Registrar’s power to change name containing computer code",
  "text": "(1) Where, in the opinion of the registrar, a company’s registered name consists of or includes computer code, the registrar may—\n(a) determine a new name for the company, and\n(b) remove from the register any reference to the company’s old name.\n(2) If the registrar determines a new name for a company under this section, the registrar must—\n(a) give the company notice of the determination, and\n(b) place a note of the determination in the register.\n(3) Where a company is given a direction under section 76B to change its name—\n(a) that does not affect the registrar’s power to act under subsection (1), but\n(b) if the registrar does so, the direction lapses.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 76C 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. 19(3), 219(1)(2)(b); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(o)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 76C, 76D applied (with modifications) (4.3.2024) by S.I. 2009/1804, reg. 13C (as inserted by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Company Law) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/234), regs. 1(2), 14; 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/76C",
    "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."
}