Business Names (Jersey) Order 1998

Summary

This Order is a short piece of Jersey subordinate legislation under the Registration of Business Names (Jersey) Law 1956. Most of its original provisions (fees, forms, an earlier schedule) have lapsed or been omitted, leaving only the operative rule on how the registrar must communicate certain decisions.

• Notice requirement: Where the registrar refuses to register a business name, or removes a registered business name from the register, the registrar must send written notice by post to the individual, firm or body corporate that applied for or held the registration.
• Content of notice: The notice must state the decision and the grounds for it, confirm that an appeal to the Court is available against the refusal or removal, and specify the time limit within which that appeal must be made.
• Lapsed provisions: Provisions previously prescribing fees and forms lapsed on 24 January 2008 and have been removed from this consolidated version, as fee and form matters are now handled by the Jersey Financial Services Commission directly.

In practice this Order now mainly governs the registrar's administrative duty to notify affected parties of adverse registration decisions and their appeal rights, rather than imposing ongoing compliance obligations on regulated businesses generally.

Key obligations

• The registrar must send written notice by post to the applicant or registered holder when refusing to register, or removing, a business name.
• The notice must state the decision, the grounds for the decision, that an appeal to the Court may be made, and the time within which the appeal must be made.

Applies to

individuals, firms or bodies corporate applying for or holding a registered business name

Related documents

• This document is made under Registration of Business Names (Jersey) Law 1956