The Company and Business Names (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Business names

3.—(1) Article 4(1)(b) of the Order does not apply to the carrying on of a business under a name which includes a specified word or expression by a person—

(a) to whom the business is transferred on or after the date on which these Regulations came into operation; and

(b) who carries on the business under the name which was its lawful business name immediately before that transfer,

during the period of 12 months beginning with the date of the transfer.

(2) Article 4(1)(b) of the Order does not apply to the carrying on of a business under a name which includes a specified word or expression by a person who—

(a) carried on that business immediately before the date on which these Regulations came into operation; and

(b) continues to carry it on under the name which immediately before that date was its lawful business name.

(3) For the purposes of this regulation “specified word or expression” means—

(a) “HPSS”;

(b) “HSC”; or

(c) “NHS”.