Company and Business Names (Amendment) Regulations 1992
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1992/1196 |
| Year | 1992 |
1992 No. 1196
COMPANIES BUSINESS NAMES
The Company and Business Names (Amendment) Regulations 1992
Made 19th May 1992
Laid before Parliament 20th May 1992
The Secretary of State, in exercise of his powers under section 29 of the Companies Act 19851and sections 3 and 6 of the Business Names Act 19852hereby makes the following Regulations:—
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Company and Business Names (Amendment) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force in the case of this regulation and regulation 2(5) on 5th June 1992 and in the case of the remainder of the Regulations on 12th June 1992.
2.—(1) The Company and Business Names Regulations 19813shall be amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3, after the word “hereto”, insert the following words:—
“(together with the plural and the possessive forms of those words and expressions)”.
(3) In regulation 4, after the word “expression”, insert the following words:—
“(and the plural and the possessive forms of that word or expression)”.
(4) In column (1) of the Schedule, omit the words “Building Society”.
(5) In column (2) of the Schedule, opposite the word “University” in column (1) thereof, for the words “Department of Education and Science” substitute the words “The Privy Council”.
3.—(1) Sections 2 and 3 of the Business Names Act 1985 shall not prohibit a person from carrying on any business under a name which includes any word or expression specified for the purposes of those sections by virtue of the amendments made by regulation 2(2) and (3) above to the Company and Business Names Regulations 1981, if—
(a)
(a) he carried on that business immediately before 12th June 1992, and
(b)
(b) he continues to carry it on under the name which immediately before that day was its lawful business name.
(2) Nor shall sections 2 and 3 of the Business Names Act 1985 prohibit a person to whom a business has been transferred on or after 12th June 1992 from carrying on that business during the period of twelve months beginning with the date of transfer so long as he continues to carry it on under the name which was its lawful business name immediately before that date.
N. Hamilton
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Corporate Affairs,
Department of...
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