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SPECIAL
UK DOMAINS
ltd.uk and plc.uk domains
The ltd.uk and plc.uk domains are intended to allow a unique mapping
between company names registered under the Companies Act with Company's
House and a DNS name. Although it was envisaged by the Naming Committee
that only ltd.uk was required, Nominet UK's legal advisors have said
that a public limited company registering within ltd.uk would be committing
a criminal offence. Therefore the additional plc.uk is required.
Note:
Within these rules all references to ltd.uk should be taken to apply
equally to plc.uk.
Note:
Unlimited companies registered under the Companies Act, unincorporated
bodies, partnerships and bodies incorporated under other legislation
are not eligible for an entry in ltd.uk or plc.uk.
The
only characters from a registered company name allowed in a DNS name
are the letters A to Z, a to z, the numbers 0 to 9 and hyphen. These
will be known as the "allowable" set.
Certain
words will be removed from the registered company name before the
DNS name is generated, these are known as the "reserved"
words. They are "limited", "public limited company"
and the Welsh Language versions along with the abbreviations of these
words, e.g. ltd, plc, ccc. There are believed to be other "reserved"
words such as "International".
The
rules are:
- One
name per company name registered at Company's House.
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The name shall correspond exactly to the registered name save for
characters not in the "allowable" set which shall be interpreted
as below and the "reserved" words.
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White space between words shall either be ignored or replaced by
a single hyphen "-" (see below for how the interpretation
is made).
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All other characters shall be removed.
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Company names written in a non English character set are not allowed
in this version.
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Note: It is believed that these rules represent the way that Company's
House interpret names in order to produce a unique match. In the
event that they do not and/or that Company's House rules change
in the future, the first successful applicant for a name will be
assigned the name.
- There
is the possibility that applications will contain characters that
are treated as significant and are not in the "allowable"
set.
- This
version of the rules will not allow these applications to be allocated
a name.
- It
is envisaged that applications will be made using an automated procedure.
The requester of the name will be responsible for acquiring proof
of incorporation.
- The
application must state the full name of the company as registered
along with the company registration number. The automated procedure
shall determine the form of the DNS name and shall delegate the
name as soon as possible after application and at worst within 3
working days. Register-domain-names.com (a division of Netscan UK)
reserves the right to check a sample or all of the requests for
accuracy (before or after delegation) and, pending resolution, may
remove a registration, if the rules have been violated.
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