# The Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (revoked), Article 43: Prohibition on trading under misleading name

Extent: N.I.

(1) A person who is not a public company is guilty of an offence if he carries on any trade, profession or business under a name which includes, as its last part, the words “public limited company” or any contraction or imitation of those words.
(2) A public company is guilty of an offence if, in circumstances in which the fact that it is a public company is likely to be material to any person, it uses a name which may reasonably be expected to give the impression that it is a private company.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) or (2) and, if that person is a company, any officer of the company who is in default, is liable to a fine and, for continued contravention, to a daily default fine.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1986/1032/article/43 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/companies-northern-ireland-order-1986-revoked/article-43
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