Section 22 — Companies Act 1993: Application for reservation of name

22 Application for reservation of name (1) An application for reservation of the name of a company must be sent or delivered to the Registrar, and must be in the prescribed form. (2) The Registrar must not reserve a name— (a) The use of which would contravene an enactment; or (b) That is identical or almost identical to the name of another company or another company under the Companies Act 1955; or (c) That is identical or almost identical to a name that the Registrar has already reserved under this Act or the Companies Act 1955 and that is still available for registration; or (d) That, in the opinion of the Registrar, is offensive. (3) The Registrar must advise the applicant by notice in writing— (a) Whether or not the Registrar has reserved the name; and (b) If the name has been reserved, that, unless the reservation is sooner revoked by the Registrar, the name is available for registration of a company with that name or on a change of name for 20 working days after the date stated in the notice. Subsection (3)(b) was amended, as from 1 July 1994, by section 2 Companies Act 1993 Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 6) by inserting the words “ , unless the reservation is sooner revoked by the Registrar, ” .