Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Any company may by
special resolution, and with the approval of the Registrar signified in
writing, change its name.
(2) If a company,
through inadvertence or otherwise, is without the consent mentioned in
section 28(1) registered by a name identical with that by which a company
in existence is previously registered, or so nearly resembling it as to be
calculated to deceive, the first-mentioned company shall, by special
resolution, and with the sanction of the Registrar, change its name.
(3) Where a company
changes its name the Registrar shall enter the new name on the register in
place of the former name, and shall issue a certificate of incorporation
altered to meet the circumstances of the case.
(4) The change of name
shall not affect any rights or obligations of the company, or render defective
any legal proceedings instituted by or against the company, and any legal
proceedings which might have been continued or commenced by or against the
company by its former name may be continued or commenced against it by its new
name.
(5) Any alteration so
made shall, within 14 days from the date when a copy of the resolution
relating to the alteration is filed with the Registrar, be advertised by the
Registrar once in the Government Gazette , and by the company in one newspaper
to be approved by the Registrar published in the State nearest to the
registered office of the company.
(6) A certificate or a
copy thereof certified as correct under the hand of the Registrar, or an
advertisement in the Government Gazette under this section shall be conclusive
evidence of the alteration to which it relates.
[Section 30 amended by No. 28 of 2006
s. 66(2).]