{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/company-and-business-names-chamber-of-commerce-etc-act-1999/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/company-and-business-names-chamber-of-commerce-etc-act-1999/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1999/19",
  "legislation_title": "Company and Business Names (Chamber of Commerce, Etc.) Act 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/company-and-business-names-chamber-of-commerce-etc-act-1999",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Approval of certain company names.",
  "text": "(1) Before determining under section 55 of the Companies Act 2006 whether to approve the registration of a company under a name which includes—\n(a) the expression “chamber of commerce” or “siambr fasnach”, or\n(b) any other expression for the time being specified in regulations under that section which begins with the words “chamber of” or “chambers of” (or the Welsh equivalents),\nthe Secretary of State must consult at least one relevant representative body.\n(2) The Secretary of State may publish guidance with respect to factors which may be taken into account in determining whether to approve the registration of a name to which this section applies.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 2(1) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1941), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 176(3)(a) (with art. 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 2(1)(b) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1941), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 176(3)(b) (with art. 10)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/19/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:54.739693+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."
}