PART 5Business Names
“Limited” and permitted alternatives16
1
A person must not carry on business in the United Kingdom under a name that concludes with any word or abbreviation set out in inverted commas in paragraph 1(a) or (b) of Schedule 2 unless that person is—
a
a company or an overseas company registered in the United Kingdom by that name;
b
an overseas company incorporated with that name;
c
d
an incorporated friendly society (as defined in section 116 of the Friendly Societies Act 19927) which has that name; or
e
a company to which section 1040 of the Act (companies authorised to register under the Companies Act 2006) applies which has that name.
2
A person must not carry on business in the United Kingdom under a name that concludes with any word or abbreviation specified as similar to any word or abbreviation set out in inverted commas in paragraph 1(a) or (b) of Schedule 2.