Part 3AMENDMENTS TO THE LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP (APPLICATION OF COMPANIES ACT 2006) REGULATIONS 2009

Chapter 3LLP REGISTERED OFFICE AND EMAIL ADDRESS

Registered offices16

1

Regulation 16 (general) is amended as follows.

2

For section 86 of the 2006 Act11 (an LLP’s registered office), as applied to LLPs by that regulation substitute—

86Duty to ensure registered office at appropriate address

1

An LLP must ensure that its registered office is at all times at an appropriate address within the meaning given by section 2(5) of the Limited Partnerships Act 2000.

2

If an LLP fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with this section an offence is committed by—

a

the LLP, and

b

every designated member of the LLP who is in default.

3

A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction—

a

in England and Wales, to a fine;

b

in Scotland or Northern Ireland, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one-tenth of level 5 on the standard scale.

4

Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to an LLP during any period for which the address of its registered office is a default address nominated by virtue of regulation 3 of the Registered Office Address (Rectification of Register) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/233)12.

3

In section 87 of the 2006 Act13 (change of address of registered office), as applied to LLPs by that regulation, after subsection (1) insert—

1A

The notice must include a statement that the new address is an appropriate address within the meaning given by section 2(5) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000.