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27. Trading under a misleading name

(1) Neither a body that is not a company nor an individual shall carry on any trade, profession or business under a name which includes, as its last part, the word "limited" or the words "company limited by shares" or any abbreviations of any of the foregoing words.

(2) If a body or individual contravenes subsection (1), the body or individual and, in the case of a body, any officer of it who is in default, shall be guilty of a category 3 offence.

(3) Subsection (1) as it relates to the use of the word "limited", or any abbreviation of that word, shall not apply to a society registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts 1893 to 2014.

(3A) Subsection (1) as it relates to the use of the word ‘limited’, or any abbreviation of that word, shall not apply to a limited liability partnership (within the meaning of the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015).

(4) A company shall not, in the following circumstances, use a name which may reasonably be expected to give the impressio

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