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Paragraph 8

Northern Ireland

In determining for the purposes of this Part whether one name is the same as another there are to be disregarded—

(1)

the definite article as the first word of the name,

(2)

any of the following at the end of the name—

  • “limited liability partnership”,

  • “company”,

  • “and company”,

  • “company limited”,

  • “and company limited”,

  • “limited”,

  • “unlimited”,

  • “public limited company”,

  • F1 “community interest company”,

  • “community interest public limited company”,

  • “open-ended investment company”, and

  • “investment company with variable capital”, and

(3)

type and case of letters, accents, spaces between letters and punctuation marks,

and “and” and “&” are to be taken as the same.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Entries in Sch. para. 8(2) inserted (6.4.2007) by Companies Act 2006 (Commencement No. 2, Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1093), arts. 1(3), 6(2), Sch. 4 para. 58 (with art. 11(1))

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1

Act repealed (1.10.2008 for certain purposes with effect as mentioned in art. 7(3) of the commencing S.I., otherwise 1.10.2009) by Companies Act 2006 (c. 46), ss. 1286(2)(a), 1295, 1300(2), Sch. 16; S.I. 2008/1886, art. 2(e) (with arts. 6, 7); S.I. 2008/2860, arts. 3(z), 4, Sch. 1 Pt. 2 (with arts. 5, 7, 8, Sch. 2 (as amended by S.I. 2009/1802, art. 18, Sch. and S.I. 2009/2476, reg. 2(3)(4)))