ABSTRACT

Museums constituted as charitable companies should note that the Companies Act, 1985 provides statutory constraints to the use of terms such as ‘national’ in company names.

9 The following names should be regarded as equivalent to ‘national’ and therefore subject to the above-mentioned criteria: International; World; Nation; Europe; European; United Kingdom; Great Britain; Britain; British; England; English; Scotland; Scottish; Wales; Welsh; Ulster; Northern Ireland; Northern Irish.