# The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009, Paragraph 8: Old public companies: trading under misleading name


(1) An old public company commits an offence if it carries on a trade, profession or business under a name that includes, as its last part, the words “public limited company” or “cwmni cyfyngedig cyhoeddus”.
(2) Where an offence under this paragraph is committed by a company, an offence is also committed by every officer of the company who is in default.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under this paragraph is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one-tenth of level 3 on the standard scale.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2009/9780111481035/schedule/3/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-companies-act-2006-consequential-amendments-transitional-provisions-and-savings-order-2009/schedule-3/paragraph-8
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