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Regulation 13 “Limited” and permitted alternatives

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(1)

A person must not carry on business in the United Kingdom under a name that concludes with any word or abbreviation set out in inverted commas in paragraph 1(a) or (b) of Schedule 2 unless that person is—

(a)

a company or an overseas company registered in the United Kingdom by that name;

(b)

an overseas company incorporated with that name; or

(c)

a society registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965f1 or the Industrial and Provident Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1969f2 by that name.

(2)

A person must not carry on business in the United Kingdom under a name that concludes with any word or abbreviation specified as similar to any word or abbreviation set out in inverted commas in paragraph 1(a) or (b) of Schedule 2.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

1965 c.12.

f2

1969 c.24 (N.I.).