The Company and Business Names (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2009

Regulation 2

SCHEDULE 1 CHARACTERS, SIGNS, SYMBOLS AND PUNCTUATION

Regulations 1, 4 to 6, 10, 13 and 14

SCHEDULE 2 SPECIFIED WORDS, EXPRESSIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS

1.  The words and abbreviations specified are—

(a) “LIMITED” or (with or without full stops) the abbreviation “LTD”;

(b) “CYFYNGEDIG” or (with or without full stops) the abbreviation “CYF”;

(c) “UNLIMITED”; and

(d) “ANGHYFYNGEDIG”.

2.  The words and abbreviations specified as similar to the words and abbreviations set out in inverted commas in paragraph 1(a) and (b) and the words specified as similar to the words set out in inverted commas in paragraph 1(c) and (d) are any in which—

(a) one or more characters has been omitted;

(b) one or more characters, signs, symbols or punctuation has been added; or

(c) each of one or more characters has been substituted by one or more other characters, signs, symbols or punctuation,

in such a way as to be likely to mislead the public as to the legal form of a company or business if included in the registered name of the company or in a business name.

3.  The expressions and abbreviations specified are—

(a) “PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY” or (with or without full stops) the abbreviation “PLC”;

(b) “CWMNI CYFYNGEDIG CYHOEDDUS” or (with or without full stops) the abbreviation “CCC”;

(c) “COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY” or (with or without full stops) the abbreviation “CIC”;

(d) “CWMNI BUDDIANT CYMUNEDOL” or (with or without full stops) the abbreviation “CBC”;

(e) “COMMUNITY INTEREST PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY” or (with or without full stops) the abbreviation “COMMUNITY INTEREST PLC”;

(f) “CWMNI BUDDIANT CYMUNEDOL CYHOEDDUS CYFYNGEDIG” or (with or without full stops) the abbreviation “CWMNI BUDDIANT CCC”;

(g) “RIGHT TO ENFRANCHISEMENT” or (with or without full stops) the abbreviation “RTE”;

(h) “HAWL I RYDDFREINIAD”;

(i) “RIGHT TO MANAGE” or (with or without full stops) the abbreviation “RTM”;

(j) “CWMNI RTM CYFYNGEDIG”;

(k) “EUROPEAN ECONOMIC INTEREST GROUPING” or (with or without full stops) the abbreviation “EEIG”;

(l) “INVESTMENT COMPANY WITH VARIABLE CAPITAL”;

(m) “CWMNI BUDDSODDI A CHYFALAF NEWIDIOL”;

(n) “LIMITED PARTNERSHIP”;

(o) “PARTNERIAETH CYFYNGEDIG”;

(p) “LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP”;

(q) “PARTNERIAETH ATEBOLRWYDD CYFYNGEDIG”;

(r) “OPEN-ENDED INVESTMENT COMPANY”;

(s) “CWMNI BUDDSODDIANT PENAGORED”;

(t) “CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION”;

(u) “SEFDYDLIAD ELUSENNOL CORFFOREDIG”; and

(v) the following abbreviations (with or without full stops) of the expressions specified in sub-paragraphs (n), (o), (p), (q), (t) and (u) respectively, namely “LP”, “PC”, “LLP”, “PAC”, “CIO” and “SEC”.

4.  The expressions and abbreviations specified as similar to the expressions and abbreviations set out in inverted commas in paragraph 3 are any in which—

(a) one or more characters has been omitted;

(b) one or more characters, signs, symbols or punctuation has been added; or

(c) each of one or more characters has been substituted by one or more other characters, signs, symbols or punctuation,

in such a way as to be likely to mislead the public as to the legal form of a company or business if included in the registered name of the company or in a business name.

Regulations 7 and 8

SCHEDULE 3 NAME SAME AS ANOTHER IN THE REGISTRAR’S INDEX OF COMPANY NAMES

1.  In determining whether a name is the same as another name appearing in the registrar’s index of company names the provisions in this Schedule are to be applied in the order set out in the Schedule.

2.  Disregard any word, expression or abbreviation set out in inverted commas in Schedule 2 where it appears at the end of the name.

3.—(1) Taking the name remaining after the application of paragraph 2, regard each of the words, expressions, signs and symbols set out in inverted commas in any of the paragraphs of sub-paragraph (2) (“relevant matters”) as the same as the other relevant matters set out in that paragraph where each relevant matter—

(a) is preceded by and followed by a blank space; or

(b) where the relevant matter is at the beginning of the name, where it is followed by a blank space.

(2) The words, expressions, signs and symbols are—

(a) “AND” and “&”;

(b) “PLUS” and “+”;

(c) “0”, “ZERO” and “O”;

(d) “1” and “ONE”;

(e) “2”, “TWO”, “TO” and “TOO”;

(f) “3” and “THREE”;

(g) “4”, “FOUR” and “FOR”;

(h) “5” and “FIVE”;

(i) “6” and “SIX”;

(j) “7” and “SEVEN”;

(k) “8” and “EIGHT”;

(l) “9” and “NINE”;

(m) “£” and “POUND”;

(n) “€”and “EURO”;

(o) “$” and “DOLLAR”;

(p) “¥” and “YEN”;

(q) “%”, “PER CENT”, “PERCENT”, “PER CENTUM” and “PERCENTUM”; and

(r) “@” and “AT”.

4.—(1) Taking the name remaining after the application of paragraphs 2 and 3, disregard at the end of the name the matters set out in inverted commas in sub-paragraph (2) (or any combination of such matters) where the matter (or combination) is preceded by the following punctuation or symbol in inverted commas—

(a) a blank space;

(b) a full stop; or

(c) “@”.

(2) The matters are—

(a) “BIZ”;

(b) “CO”;

(c) “CO UK”;

(d) “CO.UK”;

(e) “COM”;

(f) “COMPANY”;

(g) “EU”;

(h) “EXPORTS”;

(i) “GB”;

(j) “GREAT BRITAIN”;

(k) “GROUP”;

(l) “HOLDINGS”;

(m) “IMPORTS”;

(n) “INTERNATIONAL”;

(o) “NET”;

(p) “NI”;

(q) “NORTHERN IRELAND”;

(r) “ORG”;

(s) “ORG UK”;

(t) “ORG.UK”;

(u) “SERVICES”;

(v) “UK”;

(w) “UNITED KINGDOM”;

(x) “WALES”;

(y) “ALLFORION”;

(z) “CWMNI”;

(aa) “CYM”;

(bb) “CYMRU”;

(cc) “CYNHEILIAID”;

(dd) “CYRDDAU”;

(ee) “DALIADAU”;

(ff) “DU”;

(gg) “GRWP”;

(hh) “GWASANAETHAU”;

(ii) “MEWNFORION”;

(jj) “PF”;

(kk) “PRYDAIN FAWR”;

(ll) “RHYNGWLADOL”;

(mm) “RYNGWLADOL”; and

(nn) “Y DEYRNAS UNEDIG”.

5.  Taking the name remaining after the application of paragraphs 2 to 4, disregard the following matters in any part of the name—

(a) any punctuation set out in regulation 2(2)(c) or in column 2 of table 2 in Schedule 1; and

(b) the following symbols set out in inverted commas—

(i) “*”;

(ii) “=”; and

(iii) “#”.

6.  Taking the name remaining after the application of paragraphs 2 to 5, disregard the letter “S” at the end of the name.

7.  Taking the name remaining after the application of paragraphs 2 to 6, disregard any permitted character after the first 60 permitted characters of the name.

8.  Taking the name remaining after the application of paragraphs 2 to 7, disregard the following matters or any combination of the following matters set out in inverted commas where they appear at the beginning of the name—

(a) “@”;

(b) “THE” (but only where followed by a blank space); and

(c) “WWW”.

9.  Taking the name remaining after the application of paragraphs 2 to 8, disregard blank spaces between permitted characters.