The Registration of Business Names Act 1918

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THE REGISTRATION OF BUSINESS

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1 Short title .......................................................................................................................... 5
2 Interpretation of terms ................................................................................................... 5
3 Firms and persons to be registered .............................................................................. 6
4 Registration by nominee, etc. ........................................................................................ 7
5 Manner and particulars of registration ........................................................................ 7
6 Statement to be signed by persons registering ........................................................... 8
7 Time for registration ....................................................................................................... 9
8 Annual declaration and registration of changes ........................................................ 9
9 Penalty for default in registration ................................................................................ 9
9A Power of Department to refuse to register or receive documents ......................... 10
10 Disability of persons in default ................................................................................... 10
11 Penalty for false statements ......................................................................................... 11
12 Duty to furnish particulars to the Department ......................................................... 12
13 Department to file statement and issue certificate of registration ......................... 12
14 Index to be kept ............................................................................................................. 12
15 Removal of names from register ................................................................................. 12
16 Requirement for name approval ................................................................................ 13
16A [Repealed] ...................................................................................................................... 13
16B Appeals: supplementary provisions .......................................................................... 13
17 Registration office ......................................................................................................... 13
18 Inspection of statements registered ............................................................................ 14
19 Power for Department to make rules ......................................................................... 14
20 Publication of true names, etc ..................................................................................... 14
21 Offences by corporations ............................................................................................. 15
22 Remuneration for duties under this Act .................................................................... 15
23 Recovery of penalties ................................................................................................... 15
24 Commencement of this Act ......................................................................................... 15
SCHEDULE 17

ENDNOTES 19

TABLE OF LEGISLATION HISTORY 19
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TABLE OF RENUMBERED PROVISIONS 19
TABLE OF ENDNOTE REFERENCES 19

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THE REGISTRATION OF BUSINESS NAMES ACT 1918

Received Royal Assent: 2 August 1918
Passed: 26 November 1918
Commenced: 26 November 1918
AN ACT
to provide for the Registration of Firms and Persons carrying on
business under Business Names and for purposes connected therewith.
GENERAL NOTES

1. See generally the provisions of the Registration of Business Names Act 1954 which
shall be construed as one with this Act.
2. The maximum fines in this Act are as increased by the Fines Act 1986 by the
Companies Act 1992 Sch 6 and by the Criminal Justice (Penalties, Etc.) Act 1993 s 1.
3. References to penal servitude and hard labour are to be construed in accordance
with the Custody Act 1995 Sch 3 para 1.
1 Short title

This Act may be cited as “The Registration of Business Names Act, 1918”.
2 Interpretation of terms

In the construction of this Act the following words and expressions shall have
the meanings in this section assigned to them, unless there be something in the
subject or context repugnant to such construction: —
“Firm
” shall mean an unincorporate body of two or more individuals, or one or
more individuals and one or more corporations, or two or more
corporations, who have entered into partnership with one another with a
view to carrying on business for profit, but shall not include any
unincorporated company which was in existence on the fifth day of
September eighteen hundred and sixty-five:
“Business
” shall include profession:
“Individual
” shall mean a natural person and shall not include a corporation:
“Christian name
” [Repealed]1

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“Initials
” shall include any recognised abbreviation of a first name:2

“Court
” shall mean the Civil Division of the High Court of Justice:3

“Department
” means the Department of Economic Development:4

“Summary conviction
” shall mean conviction before a High Bailiff or two
Justices of the Peace:
In the case of a peer or person usually known by a British title different from his
surname, the title by which he is known shall be substituted in this Act for his
surname:
References in this Act to a former first name or surname shall not, in the case of
natural-born British subjects, include a former first name or surname where that
name or surname has been changed or disused before the person bearing the
name had attained the age of eighteen years, but, in the case of a woman who
has been married, shall include the name or surname by which she was known
previous to the marriage:5

References in this Act to a change of name shall not include, in the case of
natural-born British subjects, a change of name which has taken place before the
person whose name has been changed has attained the age of eighteen years; or,
in the case of a peer or a person usually known by a British title different from
his surname, the adoption of or succession to the title:
“Business name
” shall mean the name or style under which any business is
carried on, whether in partnership or otherwise:
“Foreign firm
” shall mean any firm, individual, or corporation whose principal
place of business is situate outside His Majesty’s dominions:
“Showcards
” shall mean cards containing or exhibiting articles dealt with, or
samples or representations thereof:
“Prescribed
” shall mean prescribed by rules made in pursuance of this Act.
3 Firms and persons to be registered

Subject to the provisions of this Act —
(a) Every firm or person having a place of business in the Isle of Man
and carrying on business under a business name which does not
consist of the true surnames of all partners who are individuals
and the corporate names of all partners who are corporations
without any addition other than the true first names of individual
partners or initials of such first names;6

(b) Every individual having a place of business in the Isle of Man and
carrying on business under a business name which does not
consist of his true surname without any addition other than his
true first names or the initials thereof;7

(c) Every individual or firm having a place of business in the Isle of
Man, who, or a member of which, has either before or after the
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coming into operation of this Act changed his name, except in the
case of a woman in consequence of marriage;.
(d) Every company as defined in the Companies Act, 1931 or to which
the Foreign Companies Act 2014 applies, carrying on business
under a business name which does not consist of its corporate
name without any addition;8

(e) Every limited liability company as defined in the Limited Liability
Companies Act 1996, carrying on business under a business name
which does not consist of its corporate name without any
addition,9

shall be registered in the manner directed by this Act:
Provided that —
(i) where the addition merely indicates that the business is
carried on in succession to a former owner of the business,
that addition shall not of itself render registration
necessary; and
(ii) where two or more individual partners have the same
surname, the addition of an s at the end of that surname
shall not of itself render registration necessary; and
(iii) where the business is carried on by a trustee in bankruptcy,
official receiver or liquidator, receiver or manager
appointed by any court, registration shall not be necessary;
and10

(iv) a purchase or acquisition of property by two or more
persons as joint tenants or tenants in common is not of
itself to be deemed carrying on a business whether or not
the owners share any profits arising from the sale thereof.
4 Registration by nominee, etc.

Where a person having a place of business in the Isle of Man carries on the
business wholly or mainly as nominee or trustee of or for another person or acts
as general agent for any foreign person, the first-mentioned person shall be
registered in the manner provided by this Act, and in addition to the other
particulars to be furnished and registered, there shall be furnished and
registered the particulars mentioned in the Schedule to this Act:
Provided that where the business is carried on by a trustee in bankruptcy,
official receiver or liquidator, receiver or manager appointed by any court,
registration under this section shall not be necessary.11

5 Manner and particulars of registration

(1) Every firm or person required under this Act to be registered shall
furnish by sending by post or delivering to the Department at the
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register office a statement in writing in the prescribed form containing
the following particulars: —
(a) The business name (which must comply with the requirements of
the Company and Business Names etc Act 2012);12

(b) The general nature of the business;
(c) The principal place of business;
(d) Where the registration to be effected is that of a firm, the present
first name and surname, any former first name or surname, the
usual residence, of each of the individuals who are partners, and
the corporate name and registered or principal office of every
corporation which is partner;13

(e) Where the registration to be effected is that of an individual, the
present first name and surname, any former first name or
surname, and the usual residence and the other business
occupation (if any) of such individual;14

(f) Where the registration to be effected is that of a corporation, its
corporate name and registered or principal office;
(g) If the business is commenced after the coming into operation of
this Act, the date of the commencement of the business.15

(2) Where a business is carried on under two or more business names, each
of those business names must be stated.
6 Statement to be signed by persons registering

The statement required for the purpose of registration must in the case of an
individual be signed by him, and in the case of a corporation by a director or
secretary thereof and in the case of a limited liability company, by a manager or
member, and in the case of a firm either by all the individuals who are partners,
and by a director or the secretary of all corporations and in the case of a limited
liability company, by a manager or member, which are partners or by some
individual who is a partner, or a director or the secretary of some corporation,
or in the case of a limited liability company, by a manager or member, which is
a partner, and in either of the last three cases must be verified by a statutory
declaration made by the signatory: Provided that no such statutory declaration
stating that any person other than the declarant is a partner, or omitting to state
that any person other than as aforesaid is a partner, shall be evidence for or
against any such other person in respect of his liability or non-liability as a
partner, and that the court or a judge thereof may on application of any person
alleged or claiming to be a partner direct the rectification of the register and
decide any question arising under this section.16

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7 Time for registration

The particulars required to be furnished under this Act shall be furnished
within one month after the firm or person commences business, or the business
in respect of which registration is required, as the case may be: Provided that if
such firm or person has carried on such business before the coming into
operation of this Act or commences such business within two months thereafter,
the statement of particulars shall be furnished after the expiration of two
months and before the expiration of three months from the coming into
operation of this Act, and that if at the expiration of the said two months the
conditions affecting the firm or persons have ceased to be such as to require
registration under this Act, the firm or person need not be registered so long as
such conditions continue.
This section shall apply, in the case where registration is required in
consequence of a change of name, as if for references to the date of the
commencement of the business there were substituted references to the date of
such change.17

8 Annual declaration and registration of changes

(1) The firm or person shall make an annual declaration on the anniversary
of the registration of its business name that the firm or person continues
to carry on business and that there has been no change to the particulars
required to be delivered to the Department under this Act.18

(2) If the annual declaration specified in subsection (1) is not filed within six
months after the anniversary of the registration of the business name the
Department shall cause a notice to be filed that the firm or person does
not comply with the provisions of the Act together with such further
information as may by regulations be prescribed.19

(3) Whenever a change is made or occurs in any of the particulars registered
in respect of any firm or person such firm or person shall, within one
month after such change, or such longer period as the Department may,
on application being made in any particular case, whether before or after
the expiration of such period of one month, allow, furnish by sending by
post or delivery to the Department a statement in writing in the
prescribed form specifying the nature and date of the change, signed and
where necessary verified, in like manner as the statement required on
registration.20

9 Penalty for default in registration

If any firm or person by this Act required to furnish a statement of particulars or
of any change in particulars shall without reasonable excuse make default in so
doing in the manner and within the time specified by this Act, every partner in
the firm or the person so in default shall be liable on summary conviction to a
fine not exceeding £5,000 and the court shall order a statement of the required
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particulars or change in the particulars to be furnished to the Department
within such time as may be specified in the order.21

9A Power of Department to refuse to register or receive documents

(1) Subject to subsection (4) a document shall be deemed not to have been
submitted to the Department under this Act (whether by delivery, filing,
production, forwarding, lodging, electronic filing in the prescribed
format, or otherwise) until the time when it is accepted for registration or
otherwise received by the Department.22

(2) If in the opinion of the Department any document submitted to it under
this Act —
(a) contains any matter contrary to law; or
(b) does not comply with this Act; or
(c) has not been duly completed; or
(d) contains any misdescription or error or any matter that is not
clearly legible; or
(e) is not furnished in such manner and conforming to such
requirements as the Department may reasonably require for the
purpose of enabling the processing and copying of the document;
or23

(f) is not accompanied by the correct fee or duty; or
(g) is not in the prescribed format;
it may refuse to accept for registration or otherwise receive the
document, and it may request either that the document be appropriately
amended or completed and submitted to it again or that a fresh
document be submitted in its place or that the document be submitted
again with the correct fee or duty.24

(3) The Department may require any person who submits a document to it
under this Act to produce to it such other document or to give it such
information as it considers necessary in order to form an opinion
whether it may refuse under subsection (2) to accept for registration or to
otherwise receive the document.25

(4) Any person who is aggrieved by the refusal of the Department to register
or receive any document submitted to it under this Act, may appeal to a
Court of Summary Jurisdiction.26

10 Disability of persons in default

(1) Where any firm or person by this Act required to furnish a statement of
particulars or of any change in particulars shall have made default in so
doing, then the rights of that defaulter under or arising out of any
contract made or entered into by or on behalf of such defaulter in relation
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to the business in respect to the carrying on of which particulars were
required to be furnished at any time while he is in default shall not be
enforceable by action or other legal proceeding either in the business
name or otherwise.
Provided always as follows: —
(a) The defaulter may apply to the court for relief against the
disability imposed by this section, and the court, on being
satisfied that the default was accidental, or due to inadvertence, or
some other sufficient cause, or that on other grounds it is just and
equitable to grant relief, may grant such relief either generally, or
as respects any particular contracts, on condition of the costs of
the application being paid by the defaulter, unless the court
otherwise orders, and on such other conditions (if any) as the
court may impose, but such relief shall not be granted except on
such service and such publication of notice of the application as
the court may order, nor shall relief be given in respect of any
contract if any party to the contract proves to the satisfaction of
the court that, if this Act had not been complied with, he would
not have entered into the contract;
(b) Nothing herein contained shall prejudice the rights of any other
parties as against the defaulter in respect of such contract as
aforesaid;
(c) If any action or proceeding shall be commenced by any other
party against the defaulter to enforce the rights of such party in
respect of such contract, nothing herein contained shall preclude
the defaulter from enforcing in that action or proceeding, by way
of counterclaim set off or otherwise, such rights as he may have
against that party in respect of such contract.
(2) In this section the expression “court” means the court or a judge thereof:
Provided that, without prejudice to the power of the High Court or a judge
thereof to grant such relief as aforesaid, if any proceeding to enforce any
contract is commenced by a defaulter in any court, the court may as respects
that contract, grant such relief as aforesaid.
11 Penalty for false statements

If any statement required to be furnished under this Act contains any matter
which is false in any material particular to the knowledge of any person signing
it, that person shall, on summary conviction, be liable to imprisonment, for a
term not exceeding three months, or to a fine not exceeding £5,000, or to both
such imprisonment and fine.27

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12 Duty to furnish particulars to the Department

(1) The Department may require any person to furnish to it such particulars
as appear necessary to it for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not
such person or the firm of which he is a partner should be registered
under this Act, or an alteration made in the registered particulars, and
may also in the case of a corporation require the secretary or any other
officer of a corporation performing the duties of secretary to furnish such
particulars and in the case of a limited liability company, a manager or
member of a limited liability company, and if any person when so
required fails to supply such particulars as it is in his power to give, or
furnishes particulars which are false in any material particular, he shall
on summary conviction be liable to imprisonment, with or without hard
labour, for a term not exceeding three months, or to a fine not exceeding
£5,000, or to both such imprisonment and fine.28

(2) If from any information so furnished it appears to the Department that
any firm or person ought to be registered under this Act, or an alteration
ought to be made in the registered particulars, the Department may
require the firm or person to furnish to it the required particulars within
such time as may be allowed by the Department, but, where any default
under this Act has been discovered from the information acquired under
this section, no proceedings under this Act shall be taken against any
person in respect of such default prior to the expiration of the time
within which the firm or person is required by the Department under
this section to furnish particulars to it.29

13 Department to file statement and issue certificate of registration

On receiving any statement or statutory declaration made in pursuance of this
Act the Department shall cause the same to be filed, and it shall send by post or
deliver a certificate of the registration thereof to the firm or person registering
and the certificate or a certified copy thereof shall be kept exhibited in a
conspicuous position at the principal place of business of the firm or individual,
and if not kept so exhibited, every partner in the firm or the person, as the case
may be, shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £500.30

14 Index to be kept

At the register office hereinafter referred to the Department shall keep an index
of all the firms and persons registered at that office under this Act.31

15 Removal of names from register

(1) If any firm or person registered under this Act ceases to carry on
business, it shall be the duty of the persons who were partners in the
partnership or the directors or the liquidator of the company or the
manager or the members or the liquidator of the limited liability
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company at the time when it ceased to carry on business or of the
individual or if he is dead, his personal representative, within three
months after the business has ceased to be carried on, to send by post or
deliver to the Department notice in the prescribed form that the firm or
person has ceased to carry on business, and if any person whose duty it
is to give such notice fails to do so within such time, he shall be liable on
summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,000.32

(2) On receipt of such notice the Department may remove the firm or person
from the register.33

(3) Where the Department has reasonable cause to believe that any firm or
person registered under this Act is not carrying on business it may send
to the firm or person by registered post a notice that unless an answer is
received to such notice within one month from the date thereof the firm
or person may be removed from the register.34

(4) If the Department either receives an answer from a firm or person to the
effect that it is not carrying on business or does not within one month
after sending the notice receive an answer, it may remove the firm or
person from the register.35

16 Requirement for name approval
36

(1) The Company and Business Names etc Act 2012 has effect in respect of
business names registered under this Act.37

(2) The requirements of that Act are additional to the requirements of this
Act.38

(3) [Repealed]39

(4) [Repealed]40

(5) [Repealed]41

16A [Repealed]
42

16B Appeals: supplementary provisions

(1) An appeal to a court of summary jurisdiction under section 9A(4) and
section 16(5) shall be made within 21 days after the date of the decision
or direction, or within such further time as the court may allow.43

(2) On determining the appeal, the court may confirm, vary or reverse the
decision or direction of the Department.44

17 Registration office

The office for the registrations of firms and persons whose principal place of
business is situate in this Island is the office for the registration of companies.45

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18 Inspection of statements registered

Any person may inspect the documents filed by the Department on payment of
such fees as may be prescribed; and any person may require a certificate of the
registration of any firm or person, or a copy of or extract from any registered
statement to be certified by the Department, and there shall be paid for such
certificate of registration, certified copy, or extract such fees as may be
prescribed.
A certificate of registration, or a copy of or extract from any statement registered
under this Act, if duly certified to be a true copy or extract by, or on behalf of,
the Department (which it shall not be necessary to prove to be the Department),
shall, in all legal proceedings, civil or criminal, be received in evidence.46

19 Power for Department to make rules

(1) The Department may make rules concerning any of the following
matters —
(a) the fees to be paid to the Department under this Act;47

(b) the forms to be used for the purposes of this Act;
(c) the conduct and regulation of registration under this Act and any
matters incidental thereto.48

(2) Rules under subsection (1) —
(a) shall not be made under paragraph (a) except with the
concurrence of the Treasury; and
(b) shall not take effect unless they are approved by Tynwald.49

20 Publication of true names, etc

(1) After the expiration of three months from the coming into operation of
this Act every individual and firm required by this Act to be registered
shall, in all trade catalogues, trade circulars, showcards, and business
letters, on or in which the business name appears and which are issued
or sent by the individual or firm to any person in any part of His
Majesty’s dominions, have mentioned in legible characters: —
(a) in the case of an individual, his present first name or the initials
thereof and present surname, any former first name or surname;
and50

(b) in the case of a firm, the present first names or the initials thereof
and present surnames, any former first names and surnames, of
all the partners in the firm or, in the case of a corporation being a
partner, the corporate name.51

(2) If default is made in compliance with this section the individual or, as the
case may be, every member of the firm shall be liable on summary
conviction for each offence to a fine not exceeding £500:
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Provided that no proceedings shall be instituted under this section except by or
with the consent of the Attorney-General.
21 Offences by corporations

Where a corporation is guilty of an offence under this Act every director,
secretary, and officer of the corporation who is knowingly a party to the default
shall be guilty of a like offence and liable to a like penalty.
22 Remuneration for duties under this Act

There shall be paid out of moneys to be provided by Tynwald such
remuneration in respect of the duties performed under this Act as Tynwald may
determine.
23 Recovery of penalties

All penalties under this Act may be recovered at the suit of the Chief Constable
or any Inspector of Police.
24 Commencement of this Act

This Act shall come into operation when the Royal Assent thereto has been by
the Lieutenant-Governor announced to Tynwald and a certificate to this effect
has been signed by the Lieutenant-Governor and the Speaker of the House of
Keys.
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Schedule

Section 452

Description of Firm, etc. The additional Particulars.

Where the firm, individual, or corporation
required to be registered carries on business as
nominee or trustee.
The present first name and surname, any
former name, and usual residence, or as the
case may be, the corporate name, of every
person or corporation on whose behalf the
business is carried on: Provided that if the
business is carried on under any trust and any
of the beneficiaries are a class of children or
other persons, a description of the class shall
be sufficient.
Where the firm, individual, or corporation
required to be registered carries on business as
general agent for any foreign firm.
The business name and address of the firm or
person as agent for whom the business is
carried on: Provided that if the business is
carried on as agent for three or more foreign
firms it shall be sufficient to state the fact that
the business is so carried on, specifying the
countries in which such foreign firms carry on
business.
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ENDNOTES

Table of Legislation History

Legislation Year and No Commencement






Table of Renumbered Provisions

Original Current






Table of Endnote References

1
Definition of “Christian name” repealed by Companies, etc. (Amendment) Act 2003
Sch 2. 2
Definition of “Initials” amended by Companies, etc. (Amendment) Act 2003 Sch 1. 3
Definition of “Court” amended by SD352/09. 4
Definition of “Department” inserted by SD155/10 Sch 2. 5
This para amended by Companies, etc. (Amendment) Act 2003 Sch 1. 6
Para (a) amended by Companies, etc. (Amendment) Act 2003 Sch 1. 7
Para (b) amended by Companies, etc. (Amendment) Act 2003 Sch 1. 8
Para (d) inserted by Registration of Business Names Act 1954 s 1 and amended by
Companies, etc. (Amendment) Act 2003 Sch 1 and by Foreign Companies Act 2014 Sch. 9
Para (e) added by Companies, etc. (Amendment) Act 2003 Sch 1. 10
Para (iii) amended by Companies, etc. (Amendment) Act 2003 Sch 1. 11
S 4 amended by Companies, etc. (Amendment) Act 2003 Sch 1. 12
Para (a) amended by Company and Business Names etc Act 2012 Sch. 13
Para (d) amended by Registration of Business Names Act 1954 s 2 and by
Companies, etc. (Amendment) Act 2003 Schs 1 and 2. 14
Para (e) amended by Registration of Business Names Act 1954 s 2 and by Companies,
etc. (Amendment) Act 2003 Sch 2. 15
Subs (1) amended by Companies (Transfer of Functions) Act 2000 Sch 1 and by
SD155/10 Sch 2. 16
S 6 amended by Companies, etc. (Amendment) Act 2003 Sch 1. 17
S 7 amended by Companies, etc. (Amendment) Act 2003 Sch 1. 18
Subs (1) amended by SD155/10 Sch 2.
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Subs (2) amended by SD155/10 Sch 2. 20
S 8 substituted by Companies, etc. (Amendment) Act 2003 s 21. Subs (3) amended by
SD155/10 Sch 2. 21
S 9 amended by Companies (Transfer of Functions) Act 2000 Sch 1 and by SD155/10
Sch 2. 22
Subs (1) amended by SD155/10 Sch 2. 23
Para (e) amended by SD155/10 Sch 2. 24
Subs (2) amended by SD155/10 Sch 2. 25
Subs (3) amended by SD155/10 Sch 2 and by Interpretation Act 1976 s 16A. 26
S 9A inserted by Companies, etc. (Amendment) Act 2003 s 22 and amended by
SD155/10 Sch 2. Subs (4) amended by SD155/10 Sch 2. 27
S 11 amended by Companies, etc. (Amendment) Act 2003 Sch 1. 28
Subs (1) amended by Companies (Transfer of Functions) Act 2000 Sch 2, by
Interpretation Act 1976 s 16A, by Companies, etc. (Amendment) Act 2003 Sch 1 and by
SD155/10 Sch 2. 29
S 12 amended by SD155/10 Sch 2. Subs (2) amended by Companies (Transfer of
Functions) Act 2000 Schs 1 and 2, by SD155/10 Sch 2 and by Interpretation Act 1976 s
16A. 30
S 13 amended by Companies (Transfer of Functions) Act 2000 Sch 1, by
Interpretation Act 1976 s 16A and by SD155/10 Sch 2. 31
S 14 amended by Companies (Transfer of Functions) Act 2000 Sch 1 and by SD155/10
Sch 2. 32
Subs (1) amended by SD155/10 Sch 2. 33
Subs (2) amended by SD155/10 Sch 2. 34
Subs (3) amended by SD155/10 Sch 2. 35
S 15 substituted by Companies, etc. (Amendment) Act 2003 s 23. Subs (4) amended
by SD155/10 Sch 2. 36
S 16 heading substituted by Company and Business Names etc Act 2012 Sch. 37
Subs (1) substituted by Company and Business Names etc Act 2012 Sch. 38
Subs (2) substituted by Company and Business Names etc Act 2012 Sch. 39
Subs (3) repealed by Company and Business Names etc Act 2012 Sch. 40
Subs (4) repealed by Company and Business Names etc Act 2012 Sch. 41
Subs (5) repealed by Company and Business Names etc Act 2012 Sch. 42
S 16A repealed by Companies, etc. (Amendment) Act 2003 s 24. 43
Subs (1) amended by Companies, etc. (Amendment) Act 2003 Sch 1. 44
S 16B inserted by Companies (Transfer of Functions) Act 2000 Sch 2. Subs (2)
amended by SD155/10 Sch 2. 45
S 17 substituted by Companies (Transfer of Functions) Act 2000 Sch 1. 46
S 18 amended by Statute Law Revision Act 1997 Sch 2, by Companies (Transfer of
Functions) Act 2000 Schs 1 and 3, by SD155/10 Sch 2 and by Interpretation Act 1976 s
16A. 47
Para (a) amended by SD155/10 Sch 2. 48
Subs (1) amended by SD155/10 Sch 2.
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S 19 substituted by Companies (Transfer of Functions) Act 2000 Sch 2 and amended
by SD155/10 Sch 2. 50
Para (a) amended by Registration of Business Names Act 1954 s 2 and by Companies,
etc. (Amendment) Act 2003 Schs 1 and 2. 51
Para (b) amended by Registration of Business Names Act 1954 s 2 and by Companies,
etc. (Amendment) Act 2003 Schs 1 and 2. 52
Sch amended by Registration of Business Names Act 1954 s 2 and by Companies, etc.
(Amendment) Act 2003 Schs 1 and 2.