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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox UK legislation | short_title = Business Names Act 1985 | type = Act | parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom | long_title = An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to the names under which persons may carry on business in Great Britain. | year = 1985 | citation = 1985 c. 7 | introduced_commons = | introduced_lords = | territorial_extent = | royal_assent = 11 March 1985 | commencement = 1 July 1985 | expiry_date = | repeal_date = 1 October 2009 | amends = | replaces = | amendments = | repealing_legislation = Companies Act 2006 | related_legislation = | status = repealed | legislation_history = | theyworkforyou = | millbankhansard = | original_text = https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/7/enacted | collapsed = }} The '''Business Names Act 1985''' was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It has since been repealed.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/7/contents|last=National Archives |title=Business Names Act 1985 (repealed) |date=1 July 1985 |access-date=25 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

== See also == * Companies Act 2006 * Company, Limited Liability Partnership and Business (Names and Trading Disclosures) Regulations 2015

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