The Company and Business Names (Amendment) Regulations 2007

• Citation: S.I. 2007/1947
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Company and Business Names (Amendment) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 10th July 2007.

(2) In these Regulations, “ the Act ” means the Business Names Act 1985.

Section 2 Amendment to the Company and Business Names Regulations 1981

The Company and Business Names Regulations 1981 are amended by inserting “Government” after “Giro” in column 1 of the Schedule to those Regulations.

Section 3 Business names

(1) Section 2(1)(b) of the Act does not apply to the carrying on of a business under a name which includes the word “Government” by a person—

(a) to whom the business is transferred on or after the date on which these Regulations came into force; 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) Section 2(1)(b) of the Act does not apply to the carrying on of a business under a name which includes the word “Government” by a person who—

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

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