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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/economic-crime-and-corporate-transparency-act-2023/section-10",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/56",
  "legislation_title": "Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/economic-crime-and-corporate-transparency-act-2023",
  "path": "section/10",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Names containing computer code",
  "text": "(1) The Companies Act 2006 is amended as follows.\n(2) After section 57 insert—\n“Computer code\nNames containing computer code\n57A 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.”\n(3) In section 1047 (registered name of overseas company), in subsection (4), after paragraph (ba) insert—\n“(bb) section 57A (names containing computer code);”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 10 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 219(1)(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 10 in force at 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(f)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/56/section/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:49:37.581581+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."
}