Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000

4 Members. E+W+S

(1) On the incorporation of a limited liability partnership its members are the persons who subscribed their names to the incorporation document (other than any who have died or been dissolved).

(2) Any other person may become a member of a limited liability partnership by and in accordance with an agreement with the existing members.

[F1 (2A) Subsections (1) and (2) are subject to section 159A(1) of the Companies Act 2006, as applied to limited liability partnerships by regulation 17ZC of the 2009 Regulations.]

(3) A person may cease to be a member of a limited liability partnership (as well as by death or dissolution) in accordance with an agreement with the other members or, in the absence of agreement with the other members as to cessation of membership, by giving reasonable notice to the other members.

(4) A member of a limited liability partnership shall not be regarded for any purpose as employed by the limited liability partnership unless, if he and the other members were partners in a partnership, he would be regarded for that purpose as employed by the partnership.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 4(2A) inserted (18.11.2025) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application and Modification of Company Law) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1033), regs. 1(2), 3(3) (with regs. 12-16); S.I. 2025/1118, reg. 2(1)(g)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 4(4) restricted by 1992 c. 4, s. 4AA(6) (as inserted (13.3.2014) by National Insurance Contributions Act 2014 (c. 7), s. 14(6))

C2 S. 4(4) restricted by 1992 c. 4, s. 4AA(6) (as inserted (13.3.2014) by National Insurance Contributions Act 2014 (c. 7), s. 14(2))