18th May 2015 is the deadline date to either incorporate a company or change its name due to the expected commencement date of the Companies Act on 1st June 2015. Until 18.05.2015 companies can be incorporated or change their name using existing statutory forms based on existing company law. Provided the statutory forms are accurate and filed by 18.05.2015 the companies will be incorporated or, the name changed on or before Friday 29th May 2015.
Any statutory forms incorporating or changing company names filed after 18th May will not be processed by the Companies Registration Office and will be returned.
In practise there will be a hiatus between 18.05.2015 and 29.05.2015 during which it will not be possible to file statutory forms to either incorporate a company or change a company name. From 1st June 2015 normal service will resume with the Companies Registration Office as all statutory froms will reflect the Companies Act 2014 due to be enacted on that day.
Contact us if you have any issue surrounding this, particularly if you need a company urgently between 18.05.2015 and 29.05.2015.