suffix / prefix required for certain types of public sector organisations

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Rules to register / transfer / renew .gov.uk domain name.
Required Information for .gov.uk domain.

Certain types of public sector organisations are required to use a SUFFIX (with or without the hyphen). These are:

1. Associations of Local Councils/Authorities -------------- '-alc' or 'ala'
2. Association of Parish and Town Councils ---------------- '-aptc'
3. Business Improvement Bid -------------------------------- '-bid'
4. Centre for Procurement Excellence ---------------------- '-cpe'
5. renamed as Centre of Excellence ------------------------ '-ce'
6. Criminal Justice Boards ------------------------------------ '-cjb'
7. Crown Prosecution Services region(s) -------------------- '-cps'
8. Digital Interactive Television ------------------------------- '-tv'
9. Educational networks --------------------------------------- '-edunet'
10. Electoral Registration Office(r) s --------------------------- '-eor'
    
    Electronic voting see under prefixes
11. Embassies --------------------------------------------------- '-emb'
12. Fire and Rescue Services ---------------------------------- '-fire' or '-frs'
    
    Government Regional Offices see under prefixes
13. Housing Authority Trusts ----------------------------------- '-hat'
14. Joint Services Units ----------------------------------------- '-jsu'
    
    Learning and Skills Councils see under prefixes
15. Library and Education Boards (Northern Ireland only) ---- '-leb'
16. Library Services ---------------------------------------------- '-library or libraries'
17. Local Education Authorities ---------------------------------- '-lea'
18. Local Government Associations ----------------------------- '-lga'
19. Local Safeguarding Children Boards ----------------------- '-lscb'
20. Magistrates Court Committees ---------------------------- '-mcc'
21. Magistrates Court Services ------------------------------- '-mcs'
22. Mobile services --------------------------------------------- '-mobile'
23. Museums --------------------------------------------------- '-mus' or 'museum' or 'museums'
24. National Park Authorities ---------------------------------- '-npa'
25. National Trails ----------------------------------------------- '-way'
26. Parish/Town councils (collective) -------------------------- 'parishes'
27. Passenger Transport Authorities -------------------------- '-pta'
28. Passenger Transport Executives --------------------------- '-pte'
29. Police etc (excluding Police Authorities) ------------------- '-police'
30. Police Authorities ------------------------------------------- '-pa'
31. Port Health Authorities ------------------------------------- '-pha'
32. Public Health Observatory --------------------------------- '-pho'
    
    Prisons see under prefixes
33. Probation and related services --------------------------- '-probation'
34. Record Offices ---------------------------------------------- '-ro'
35. Scottish Community Councils ----------------------------- '-scc'
36. Sea Fisheries Committees -------------------------------- '-sfc' or '-seafish'
37. Single Non Emergency Number --------------------------- '-snen'
38. Street Works Registers ------------------------------------ '-swr'
39. Valuation Joint Boards ------------------------------------- '-vjb'
40. Virtual Private Network/system --------------------------- '-vpn'
41. Waste Disposal Authorities -------------------------------- '-wda'
42. Welsh Community Councils ------------------------------- '-wcc'

Certain types of public sector organisations are required to use a PREFIX (unless the full title is used). These are:

1. Excellence in Cities initiatives ------------------------------- 'eic-'
2. Government Regional Offices ------------------------------- 'go-'
3. Learning and Skills Centres --------------------------------- 'lsc-'
4. Prisons ------------------------------------------------------ 'hmp-'
5. Voting electronically ----------------------------------------- 'vote-'