{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/company-and-business-names-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-2009/schedule-3/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/company-and-business-names-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-2009/schedule-3/paragraph-4.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": "schedule/3/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Taking the name remaining after the application of paragraphs 2 and 3, disregard at the end of the name the matters set out in inverted commas in sub-paragraph (2) (or any combination of such matters) where the matter (or combination) is preceded by the following punctuation or symbol in inverted commas—\n(a) a blank space;\n(b) a full stop; or\n(c) “@”.\n(2) The matters are—\n(a) “BIZ”;\n(b) “CO”;\n(c) “CO UK”;\n(d) “CO.UK”;\n(e) “COM”;\n(f) “COMPANY”;\n(g) “EU”;\n(h) “EXPORTS”;\n(i) “GB”;\n(j) “GREAT BRITAIN”;\n(k) “GROUP”;\n(l) “HOLDINGS”;\n(m) “IMPORTS”;\n(n) “INTERNATIONAL”;\n(o) “NET”;\n(p) “NI”;\n(q) “NORTHERN IRELAND”;\n(r) “ORG”;\n(s) “ORG UK”;\n(t) “ORG.UK”;\n(u) “SERVICES”;\n(v) “UK”;\n(w) “UNITED KINGDOM”;\n(x) “WALES”;\n(y) “ALLFORION”;\n(z) “CWMNI”;\n(aa) “CYM”;\n(bb) “CYMRU”;\n(cc) “CYNHEILIAID”;\n(dd) “CYRDDAU”;\n(ee) “DALIADAU”;\n(ff) “DU”;\n(gg) “GRWP”;\n(hh) “GWASANAETHAU”;\n(ii) “MEWNFORION”;\n(jj) “PF”;\n(kk) “PRYDAIN FAWR”;\n(ll) “RHYNGWLADOL”;\n(mm) “RYNGWLADOL”; and\n(nn) “Y DEYRNAS UNEDIG”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1085/schedule/3/paragraph/4",
    "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."
}