Nominet

Nominet UK is the registry for .uk domain names. Nominet is organised as a not-for-profit company with members instead of shareholders. Nominet's policies are overseen by a multi-stakeholder group called the Policy Advisory Board (PAB), which includes elected and non-elected members from industry and government.

Registrars of .uk domain names are referred to as "tag holders".

Second Level Domains

Rather than allow registrations directly under .uk, Nominet has divided the .UK space into a number of second-level domains, the most well-known of which is .co.uk. However there are a number of others, some which which are not directly administered by Nominet.

• .co.uk for commercial enterprises
• .me.uk for personal domains
• .org.uk for non-commercial organisations
• .ltd.uk for private, limited liability company names only
• .plc.uk for public, limited liability company names only
• .net.uk for Internet Service Providers
• .sch.uk for schools

The following second-level domains are administered by other organisations:

• .ac.uk for Academic Establishments (managed by UKERNA)
• .gov.uk for Government Bodies (managed by UKERNA)
• .nhs.uk for NHS Organisations (managed by UKERNA)
• .police.uk for UK Police Forces (managed by PITO)
• .mod.uk for Ministry of Defence Establishments (DINSA)

Additionally:

• parliament.uk is used exclusively by the United Kingdom Parliament
• bl.uk is used exclusively by the British Library

External Links

• Nominet websites
• Nominet PAB

People

• Lesley Cowley, Chief Executive
• Eleanor Bradley, Director of Operations
• Jay Daley, Director of IT

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Lesley Cowley

Jay Daley