The Company, Limited Liability Partnership and Business (Names and Trading Disclosures) Regulations 2015

5.—(1) Taking the name remaining after the application of paragraphs 2 to 4, disregard at the end of the name the matters set out in inverted commas in sub-paragraph (2) (or any combination of such matters) where the matter (or combination) is preceded by a blank space or by the following punctuation or symbol in inverted commas—

(a) a full stop; or

(b) “@”.

(2) The matters are—

(a) “& CO”;

(b) “& COMPANY”;

(c) “AND CO”;

(d) “AND COMPANY”;

(e) “BIZ”;

(f) “CO”;

(g) “CO UK”;

(h) “CO.UK”;

(i) “COM”;

(j) “COMPANY”;

(k) “EU”;

(l) “GB”;

(m) “GREAT BRITAIN”;

(n) “NET”;

(o) “NI”;

(p) “NORTHERN IRELAND”;

(q) “ORG”;

(r) “ORG UK”;

(s) “ORG.UK”;

(t) “UK”;

(u) “UNITED KINGDOM”;

(v) “WALES”;

(w) “& CWMNI”;

(x) “A’R CWMNI”;

(y) “CWMNI”;

(z) “CYM”;

(aa) “CYMRU”;

(bb) “DU”;

(cc) “PF”;

(dd) “PRYDAIN FAWR”; and

(ee) “Y DEYRNAS UNEDIG”.

(3) The matters in sub-paragraph (2) include any matter in inverted commas that is preceded by and followed by brackets set out in column 2 of table 2 in Schedule 1.