Section 1194 Other sensitive words or expressionsI1
A person must not, without the approval of the Secretary of State, carry on business in the United Kingdom under a name that includes a word or expression for the time being specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State under this section.
Regulations under this section are subject to approval after being made.
A person who contravenes this section commits an offence.
Where an offence under this section is committed by a body corporate, an offence is also committed by every officer of the body who is in default.
A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one-tenth of level 3 on the standard scale.
Annotations
Commencement
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S. 1194 wholly in force at 1.10.2009; s. 1194 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 1300; s. 1194 in force for specified purposes at 20.1.2007 by S.I. 2006/3428, art. 3(3) (subject to art. 5, Sch. 1 and with arts. 6, 8, Sch. 5); s. 1194 otherwise in force at 1.10.2009 by S.I. 2008/2860, art. 3(x) (with arts. 5, 7, 8, Sch. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2009/1802, art. 18)
Notes on Part 41
Modifications
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Pt. 41 applied (8.12.2017) by The Risk Transformation Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1212), regs. 1(2), 12(8) (with reg. 189)