SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 6 Community interest companies: names

Companies Act 1985 (c. 6)

2 (1) Section 26 (prohibition on registration of certain names) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)(a)—

(a) for “or “public limited company”” substitute “, “public limited company”, “community interest company” or “community interest public limited company””, and

(b) for “and “cwmni cyfyngedig cyhoeddus”” substitute “, “cwmni cyfyngedig cyhoeddus”, “cwmni buddiant cymunedol” and “cwmni buddiant cymunedol cyhoeddus cyfyngedig””.

(3) In subsection (3)(b), after the entry relating to “public limited company” or its Welsh equivalent insert—

““community interest company” or its Welsh equivalent (“cwmni buddiant cymunedol”);

“community interest public limited company” or its Welsh equivalent (“cwmni buddiant cymunedol cyhoeddus cyfyngedig”);”.