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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/company-and-business-names-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-2009/schedule-2/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation_title": "The Company and Business Names (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2009",
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  "text": "The expressions and abbreviations specified as similar to the expressions and abbreviations set out in inverted commas in paragraph 3 are any in which—\n(a) one or more characters has been omitted;\n(b) one or more characters, signs, symbols or punctuation has been added; or\n(c) each of one or more characters has been substituted by one or more other characters, signs, symbols or punctuation,\nin such a way as to be likely to mislead the public as to the legal form of a company or business if included in the registered name of the company or in a business name.",
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