Membership

9C2 Registration of membership changes.

C11

A limited liability partnership must ensure that—

a

where a person becomes or ceases to be a member or designated member, notice is delivered to the registrar within fourteen days, and

b

where there is any change in the F4particulars contained in its register of members or its register of members’ residential addresses, notice is delivered to the registrar within F514 days.

2

Where all the members from time to time of a limited liability partnership are designated members, subsection (1)(a) does not require notice that a person has become or ceased to be a designated member as well as a member.

F23

A notice delivered under subsection (1) that relates to a person becoming a member or designated member must contain—

a

a statement that the member or designated member consents to acting in that capacity, and

b

in the case of a person becoming a member, a statement of the particulars of the new member that are required to be included in the limited liability partnership’s register of members and its register of residential addresses.

F13ZA

Where—

a

a limited liability partnership gives notice of a change of a member’s service address as stated in its register of members, and

b

the notice is not accompanied by notice of any resulting change in the particulars contained in its register of members’ residential addresses,

the notice must be accompanied by a statement that no such change is required.

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4

If a limited liability partnership fails to comply with F6this section, the partnership and every designated member commits an offence.

5

But it is a defence for a designated member charged with an offence under subsection (4) to prove that he took all reasonable steps for securing that F6this section was complied with.

6

A person guilty of an offence under subsection (4) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.