There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Company and Business Names (Chamber of Commerce, Etc.) Act 1999, Section 1.
It is the duty of the Secretary of State to secure that the expression “chamber of commerce” and its Welsh equivalent (“siambr fasnach”) is specified—
(a)in regulations under [F1section 55 of the Companies Act 2006 (company names requiring approval of Secretary of State)], and
(b)in regulations under [F2section 1194 of that Act (business names requiring approval of Secretary of State)],
as an expression for the registration of which as or as part of a company’s name, or for the use of which as or as part of a business name, the approval of the Secretary of State is required.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 1(a) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1941), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 176(2)(a) (with art. 10)
F2Words in s. 1(b) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1941), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 176(2)(b) (with art. 10)
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