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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Company and Business Names (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 and come into operation on 8th November 2007.
(2) In these Regulations—
 “the 1984 Regulations” mean the Company and Business Names Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1984; and
 “the Order” means the Business Names (Northern Ireland) Order 1986.
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(1) The 1984 Regulations are amended as follows.
(2) In column 1 of the Schedule, at the appropriate places insert—
(a) “HPSS”;
(b) “HSC”; and
(c) “NHS”.
(3) In column 2 of the Schedule, insert—
(a) “Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety” directly opposite the entries in column 1 relating to “HPSS” and “HSC”.
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(1) Article 4(1)(b) of the Order does not apply to the carrying on of a business under a name which includes a specified word or expression by a person—
(a) to whom the business is transferred on or after the date on which these Regulations came into operation; and
(b) who carries on the business under the name which was its lawful business name immediately before that transfer,
during the period of 12 months beginning with the date of the transfer.
(2) Article 4(1)(b) of the Order does not apply to the carrying on of a business under a name which includes a specified word or expression by a person who—
(a) carried on that business immediately before the date on which these Regulations came into operation; and
(b) continues to carry it on under the name which immediately before that date was its lawful business name.
(3) For the purposes of this regulation “specified word or expression” means—
(a) “HPSS”;
(b) “HSC”; or
(c) “NHS”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment on 7th November 2007
M Bohill
A senior officer of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment
