SCHEDULENAMES AND REGISTERED OFFICES

PART INAMES

Improper use of “limited liability partnership” etc.

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1

If any person carries on a business under a name or title which includes as the last words—

a

the expression “limited liability partnership”, or

b

any contraction or imitation of that expression,

that person, unless a limited liability partnership or oversea limited liability partnership, commits an offence.

2

A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.