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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/company-and-business-names-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2007/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2007/344",
  "legislation_title": "The Company and Business Names (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/company-and-business-names-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2007",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThese Regulations amend the Company and Business Names Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1984 (S.R. 1984 No. 49). Regulation 2 provides that the word “Government” cannot form part of—\n(a) a company’s registered name; or\n(b) a business name,\nwithout the prior written approval of the Department.\nRegulation 3 includes savings for business names which included the word “Government” prior to the entry into operation of these Regulations.\nAn Impact Assessment has not been produced in respect of these Regulations as there is no impact on the costs of business.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/344/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:39:48.878486+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."
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