(1) Where a relevant direction has been given to a company to change its name, or it has been ordered under section 73 to change its name, the company must not carry on business in the United Kingdom under the name that it was directed or ordered to change, except as mentioned in subsection (2).

(2) Subsection (1) does not prevent the use by a company of a name if -

(a) the period for complying with the direction or order has not yet expired,

(b) the company complied with the direction or order and has since become registered with the name again following approval given under section 57B, or

(c) the direction was given, or the order was made, before section 26 of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 came fully into force.

(3) If a company uses a name in contravention of this section an offence is committed by -

(a) the company, and