Wednesday 6 May 2009

UK: the Company and Business Names (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2009

The Company and Business Names (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2009 were laid before Parliament on 28 April 2009 and come into force on 1 October 2009. The Regulations have been published on OPSI: see here (html) and here (pdf). The accompanying explanatory memorandum is available here (pdf). The Regulations set out certain requirements and prohibitions with regard to the names of companies registered under the Companies Act (2006). They prescribe, for example, those characters, signs, symbols and punctuation which can be used. 

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