{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/company-and-business-names-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-2009/regulation-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/company-and-business-names-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-2009/regulation-15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1085",
  "legislation_title": "The Company and Business Names (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/company-and-business-names-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Transitional provisions",
  "text": "(1) Regulation 14 does not apply to the carrying on of a business under a name by a person who—\n(a) carried on that business under that name immediately before these Regulations came into force; and\n(b) continues to carry it on under that name,\nif it was lawful for the business to be carried on under that name immediately before these Regulations came into force.\n(2) Regulation 14 does not apply to the carrying on of a business under a name by a person to whom the business is transferred on or after the date on which these Regulations came into force—\n(a) where that person continues to carry on the business under that name; and\n(b) where it was lawful for the business to be carried on under that name immediately before the transfer,\nduring the period of 12 months beginning with the date of the transfer.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1085/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:12:47.182005+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."
}