{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006-commencement-no-8-transitional-provisions-and-savings-order-2008/schedule-2/paragraph-17",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2860",
  "legislation_title": "The Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 8, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006-commencement-no-8-transitional-provisions-and-savings-order-2008",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/17",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "A company’s name (ss. 53 to 81)",
  "text": "(1) The following provisions of the Companies Act 2006 do not affect the continued registration of a company by a name by which it was duly registered—\n(a) in the case of an existing company, immediately before 1st October 2009, or\n(b) in the case of a transitional company, on its registration or re-registration (as the case may be).\n(2) The provisions are—\n(a) section 54 (name suggesting connection with government or public authority);\n(b) section 55 (other sensitive words or expressions);\n(c) section 57 (permitted characters etc);\n(d) section 65 (inappropriate use of indications of company type or legal form);\n(e) section 66 (name not to be the same as another in registrar’s index).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 17 in force at 1.10.2009, see art. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2860/schedule/2/paragraph/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:22:26.884389+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}