3.—(1) Section 2 of the 2000 Act (incorporation document etc) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (2)—
(a)in paragraph (d), after “registered office,” insert “which must be an appropriate address,”,
(b)after paragraph (d) insert—
“(da)state the intended registered email address of the limited liability partnership, which must be an appropriate email address,”.
(3) After subsection (4) insert—
“(5) In this section—
“appropriate address” means an address at which, in the ordinary course of events—
a document addressed to the limited liability partnership, and delivered there by hand or by post, would be expected to come to the attention of a person acting on behalf of the limited liability partnership, and
the delivery of documents there is capable of being recorded by the obtaining of an acknowledgement of delivery;
“appropriate email address” means an email address to which, in the ordinary course of events, emails sent by the registrar would be expected to come to the attention of a person acting on behalf of the limited liability partnership.”.