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The Company, Limited Liability Partnership and Business Names (Sensitive Words and Expressions) Regulations 2014

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2014 No. 3140 Companies Limited Liability Partnerships Business Names The Company, Limited Liability Partnership and Business Names (Sensitive Words and Expressions) Regulations 2014 Made 26th November 2014 Laid before Parliament 27th November 2014 Coming into force 31st January 2015 The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 55(1), 56(1)(b), 1194(1), 1195(1)(b) and 1292(1) of the Companies Act 2006 and sections 55(1), 56(1)(b) and 1292(1) of the Companies Act 2006 as applied to limited liability partnerships by regulations 8 and 81 of the Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 .

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1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Company, Limited Liability Partnership and Business Names (Sensitive Words and Expressions) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 31st January 2015.

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2 Interpretation

(1) In these Regulations “the 2006 Act” means the Companies Act 2006. (2) Any reference in these Regulations to section 55 or 88 of the 2006 Act includes a reference to that section as applied by regulation 8 or 17 of the Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009.

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3 Specified words and expressions to which sections 55 and 1194 of the 2006 Act apply

The following words and expressions are specified for the purposes of sections 55(1) and 1194(1) of the 2006 Act— (a) the words and expressions set out in Part 1 of Schedule 1; (b) the plural and possessive forms of those words and expressions, and, where relevant, the feminine form; and (c) in the case of the words and expressions set out in Part 1 of Schedule 1 which are marked with an asterisk, the grammatically mutated forms of those words and expressions.

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4 Specified words and expressions to which section 55 of the 2006 Act applies

The following words and expressions are specified for the purposes of section 55(1) of the 2006 Act— (a) the words and expressions set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1; (b) the plural and possessive forms of those words and expressions, and, where relevant, the feminine form; and (c) in the case of the words and expressions set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1 which are marked with an asterisk, the grammatically mutated forms of those words and expressions.

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5 Applications where situation of registered office or principal place of business is irrelevant

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6 Applications where situation of registered office or principal place of business is relevant

In connection with an application for the approval of the Secretary of State under section 55 or 1194 of the 2006 Act in relation to a name that includes a word or expression specified in column (1) of Part 2 of Schedule 2, the applicant must seek the view of a Government department or other body as follows— (a) in the case of— (i) a company or limited liability partnership that has already been registered, whose registered office is situated in England and Wales; (ii) a proposed company or limited liability partnership that has not yet been registered under the 2006 Act, whose registered office is to be situated in England and Wales; (iii) a business, whose principal place of business is or is to be situated in England; and (iv) an overseas company (see section 1044 of the 2006 Act), the Government department or other body set out in column (2) of Part 2 of Schedule 2 opposite that word or expression; (b) in the case of— (i) a company or limited liability partnership that has already been registered, that is a Welsh company or Welsh LLP (see section 88 of the 2006 Act); (ii) a proposed company or limited liability partnership that has not yet been registered, that is to be a Welsh company or Welsh LLP; and (iii) a business, whose principal place of business is or is to be situated in Wales, the Government department or other body set out in column (3) of Part 2 of Schedule 2 opposite that word or expression; (c) in the case of— (i) a company or limited liability partnership that has already been registered, whose registered office is situated in Scotland; (ii) a proposed company or limited liability partnership that has not yet been registered, whose registered office is to be situated in Scotland; and (iii) a business, whose principal place of business is or is to be situated in Scotland, the Government department or other body set out in column (4) of Part 2 of Schedule 2 opposite that word or expression; and (d) in the case of— (i) a company or limited liability partnership that has already been registered, whose registered office is situated in Northern Ireland; (ii) a proposed company or limited liability partnership that has not yet been registered, whose registered office is to be situated in Northern Ireland; and (iii) a business, whose principal place of business is or is to be situated in Northern Ireland, the Government department or other body set out in column (5) of Part 2 of Schedule 2 opposite that word or expression.

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7 Revocation

The Company, Limited Liability Partnership and Business Names (Sensitive Words and Expressions) Regulations 2009 are revoked.

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SCHEDULE 1 SPECIFIED WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS

Regulations 3 and 4 PART 1 Words and Expressions specified for the purposes of sections 55(1) and 1194(1) of the 2006 Act Accredit Accreditation Accredited Accrediting Adjudicator Association Assurance Assurer Audit office Auditor General *Banc Bank Banking Benevolent *Breatannach *Breatainn *Brenhinol *Brenin *Brenhiniaeth Britain British Chamber of commerce Charitable Charity Charter Chartered Child maintenance Child support *Coimisean *Comhairle *Comisiwn Commission Co-operative Council *Cyngor Dental Dentistry *Diùc *Dug Duke Ei Fawrhydi England English Federation Friendly Society Foundation Fund Government *Gwasanaeth iechyd Health centre Health service Health visitor His Majesty HPSS HSC Inspectorate Institute Institution Insurance Insurer Judicial appointment King Licensing *Llywodraeth Medical centre Midwife Midwifery *Mòrachd Mutual NHS Northern Ireland Northern Irish Nurse Nursing Oifis sgrùdaidh *Oilthigh Ombudsman *Ombwdsmon *Parlamaid Parliament Parliamentarian Parliamentary Patent Patentee Police Polytechnic Post office *Prifysgol Prince *Prionnsa *Prydain *Prydeinig Queen Reassurance Reassurer Registrar Regulator Reinsurance Reinsurer *Riaghaltas *Rìgh Rìoghachd Aonaichte Rìoghail Rìoghalachd Royal Royalty Scotland Scottish Senedd Sheffield Siambr fasnach Social service Society Special school Standards Stock exchange Swyddfa archwilio *Teyrnas Gyfunol *Teyrnas Unedig Trade union Tribunal Trust *Tywysog Underwrite Underwriting University Wales Welsh Windsor PART 2 Words and Expressions specified for the purposes of section 55(1) of the 2006 Act Alba Albannach Na h-Alba *Cymru *Cymraeg *Cymreig

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SCHEDULE 2 LIST OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER BODIES WHOSE VIEWS MUST BE SOUGHT

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