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Company, Limited Liability Partnership and Business (Names and Trading Disclosures) Regulations 2015 [SI 2015 No. 17]Introductory TextPart 1 Introductory (reg. 1)Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretationPart 2 Company Names (regs. 2-10)Regulation 2 Permitted charactersRegulation 3 Exemption from requirement as to use of "limited"Regulation 4 Inappropriate indication of company type or legal form: generally applicable provisionsRegulation 5 Inappropriate indication of company type or legal form: company exempt from requirement to have name ending in "limited"Regulation 6 Inappropriate indication of company type or legal form: unlimited companyRegulation 7 Name not to be the same as another in the registrar's index of company namesRegulation 8 Consent to registration of a name which is the same as another in the registrar's index of company namesRegulation 9 Names with connection to Public AuthoritiesRegulation 10 InterpretationPart 3 Limited Liability Partnership Names (reg. 11)Regulation 11 Application to Limited Liability PartnershipsPart 4 Overseas Company Names (regs. 12-15)Regulation 12 Interpretation and permitted charactersRegulation 13 Inappropriate indication of company type or legal formRegulation 14 Name not to be the same as another in the registrar's index of company namesRegulation 15 Consent to registration of a name which is the same as another in the registrar's index of company namesPart 5 Business Names (regs. 16-19)Regulation 16 "Limited" and permitted alternativesRegulation 17 Other indications of legal formRegulation 18 Names with connection to Public AuthoritiesRegulation 19 Savings and Transitional provisionsPart 6 Trading Disclosures (regs. 20-29)Regulation 20 Legibility of displays and disclosuresRegulation 21 Requirement to display registered name at registered office and inspection placeRegulation 22 Requirement to display registered name at other business locationsRegulation 23 Manner of display of registered nameRegulation 24 Registered name to appear in communicationsRegulation 25 Further particulars to appear in business letters, order forms and websitesRegulation 26 Disclosure of names of directorsRegulation 27 Disclosures relating to registered office and inspection placeRegulation 28 OffenceRegulation 29 InterpretationPart 7 Miscellaneous (reg. 30)Regulation 30 Revocations and Consequential AmendmentsSchedule 1 Characters, Signs, Symbols (including Accents and other Diacritical Marks) and PunctuationSchedule 2 Specified Words, Expressions and AbbreviationsSchedule 3 Name same as another in the Registrar's Index of Company NamesSchedule 4 Specified "Public Authorities" and list of Government Departments and other bodies whose views must be soughtSchedule 5 Amendment to the Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009Schedule 6 Revocations and consequential amendmentsSignatureExplanatory NoteExplanatory MemorandumImpact Assessment
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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 31 January 2015 - onwards
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Regulation 17 Other indications of legal form

(1) A person must not carry on business in the United Kingdom under a name that includes any expression or abbreviation set out in inverted commas in paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 unless that person is such a company, partnership, grouping or organisation as is indicated in that expression or abbreviation.

(2) A person must not carry on business in the United Kingdom under a name that includes any expression or abbreviation specified as similar to any expression or abbreviation set out in inverted commas in paragraph 3 of Schedule 2.

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