Companies Act 2006 (c. 46)

Part 41 U.K. Business names

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 41 applied (8.12.2017) by The Risk Transformation Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1212), regs. 1(2), 12(8) (with reg. 189)

Chapter 3 U.K. Supplementary

1208 Interpretation U.K.

In this Part—

• “business” includes a profession;

• “initial” includes any recognised abbreviation of a name;

• “partnership” means—

  (a)

  a partnership within the Partnership Act 1890 (c. 39), or

  (b)

  a limited partnership registered under the Limited Partnerships Act 1907 (c. 24),

  or a firm or entity of a similar character formed under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom;

• “surname”, in relation to a peer or person usually known by a British title different from his surname, means the title by which he is known.