Membership E+W+S

9 Registration of membership changes. E+W+S

(1) 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 [F1 particulars contained in its register of members or its register of members’ residential addresses], notice is delivered to the registrar within [F2 14 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.

[F3 (3) 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.]

[F4 (3ZA) 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.]

F5 (3A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F5 (3B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) If a limited liability partnership fails to comply with [F6 this 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 [F6 this 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.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 9(1)(b) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), reg. 2(3), Sch. 3 para. 5(2)(a) (with Sch. 3 para. 11)

F2 Words in s. 9(1)(b) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), reg. 2(3), Sch. 3 para. 5(2)(b) (with Sch. 3 para. 11)

F3 S. 9(3) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), reg. 2(3), Sch. 3 para. 5(3) (with Sch. 3 para. 11)

F4 S. 9(3ZA) inserted (1.10.2009) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), reg. 2(3), Sch. 3 para. 5(4) (with Sch. 3 para. 11)

F5 S. 9(3A)(3B) omitted (1.10.2009) by virtue of The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), reg. 2(3), Sch. 3 para. 5(5) (with Sch. 3 para. 11)

F6 Words in s. 9(4)(5) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), reg. 2(3), Sch. 3 para. 5(6) (with Sch. 3 para. 11)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 9: power to modify conferred (temp.) (26.6.2020) by Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (2020 c. 12), ss. 39(1), 40(c), 49(1) (with ss. 2(2), 5(2), 39(8)(9))

C2 S. 9(1) modified (temp.) (27.6.2020) by The Companies etc. (Filing Requirements) (Temporary Modifications) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/645), regs. 2, 39