# The Company and Business Names (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2009, Regulation 13: “Limited” and permitted alternatives


(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 1965 or the Industrial and Provident Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1085/regulation/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/company-and-business-names-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-2009/regulation-13
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