The Company and Business Names (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2009

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 INTRODUCTORY

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and interpretation

  3. PART 2 COMPANY NAMES

    1. 2.Permitted characters

    2. 3.Exemption from requirement as to use of “limited”

    3. 4.Inappropriate indication of company type or legal form: generally applicable provisions

    4. 5.Inappropriate indication of company type or legal form: company exempt from requirement to have name ending in “limited”

    5. 6.Inappropriate indication of company type or legal form: unlimited company

    6. 7.Name not to be the same as another in the registrar’s index of company names

    7. 8.Consent to registration of a name which is the same as another in the registrar’s index of company names

  4. PART 3 OVERSEAS COMPANY NAMES

    1. 9.Interpretation and permitted characters

    2. 10.Inappropriate indication of company type or legal form

    3. 11.Name not to be the same as another in the registrar’s index of company names

    4. 12.Consent to registration of a name which is the same as another in the registrar’s index of company names

  5. PART 4 BUSINESS NAMES

    1. 13.“Limited” and permitted alternatives

    2. 14.Other indications of legal form

    3. 15.Transitional provisions

  6. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      CHARACTERS, SIGNS, SYMBOLS AND PUNCTUATION

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      SPECIFIED WORDS, EXPRESSIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS

      1. 1.The words and abbreviations specified are— (a) “LIMITED” or (with...

      2. 2.The words and abbreviations specified as similar to the words...

      3. 3.The expressions and abbreviations specified are— (a) “PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY”...

      4. 4.The expressions and abbreviations specified as similar to the expressions...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      NAME SAME AS ANOTHER IN THE REGISTRAR’S INDEX OF COMPANY NAMES

      1. 1.In determining whether a name is the same as another...

      2. 2.Disregard any word, expression or abbreviation set out in inverted...

      3. 3.(1) Taking the name remaining after the application of paragraph...

      4. 4.(1) Taking the name remaining after the application of paragraphs...

      5. 5.Taking the name remaining after the application of paragraphs 2...

      6. 6.Taking the name remaining after the application of paragraphs 2...

      7. 7.Taking the name remaining after the application of paragraphs 2...

      8. 8.Taking the name remaining after the application of paragraphs 2...

      9. 9.Taking the name remaining after the application of paragraphs 2...

  8. Explanatory Note