Part 41U.K.Business names

Chapter 3U.K.Supplementary

1208InterpretationU.K.

In this Part—

• “business” includes a profession;

• “initial” includes any recognised abbreviation of a name;

• “partnership” means—

  (a)

  a partnership within the Partnership Act 1890 (c. 39), or

  (b)

  a limited partnership registered under the Limited Partnerships Act 1907 (c. 24),

  or a firm or entity of a similar character formed under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom;

• “surname”, in relation to a peer or person usually known by a British title different from his surname, means the title by which he is known.