{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-60",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006/section-60.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/46",
  "legislation_title": "Companies Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-2006",
  "path": "section/60",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "60",
  "heading": "Exemption from requirement as to use of “limited”",
  "text": "(1) A private company is exempt from section 59 (requirement to have name ending with “limited” or permitted alternative) if—\n(a) it is a charity,\n(b) it is exempted from the requirement of that section by regulations made by the Secretary of State, or\n(c) it meets the conditions specified in—\nsection 61 (continuation of existing exemption: companies limited by shares), or\nsection 62 (continuation of existing exemption: companies limited by guarantee).\n(2) The registrar may refuse to register a private limited company by a name that does not include the word “limited” (or a permitted alternative) unless a statement has been delivered to him that the company meets the conditions for exemption.\n(3) The registrar may accept the statement as sufficient evidence of the matters stated in it.\n(4) Regulations under this section are subject to negative resolution procedure.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 60 wholly in force at 1.10.2009; s. 60 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 1300; s. 60 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. 60 otherwise in force at 1.10.2009 by S.I. 2008/2860, art. 3(e) (with arts. 5, 7, 8, Sch. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2009/1802, art. 18)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/46/section/60",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:40.060156+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."
}