Section 854

(1) The Minister may make provision by regulations - Permitted Characters.

(a) as to the letters or other characters, signs or symbols (including accents and other diacritical marks) and punctuation that may be used in the name of a company, limited liability partnership, business name or incorporated trustee registered under this Act; and

(b) specifying a standard style or format for the name of a company, limited liability partnership, business name or incorporated trustee for the purposes of registration.

(2) The regulations may prohibit the use of specified characters, signs or symbols when appearing in a specified position (in particular, at the beginning of a name).

(3) A company, limited liability partnership, business name or incorporated trustee may not be registered under this Act by a name that consists of or includes anything that is not permitted in accordance with regulations under this section.