Membership
9Registration of membership changes
(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 name or address of a member, notice is delivered to the registrar within 28 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.
(3)
A notice delivered under subsection (1)—
(a)
shall be in a form approved by the registrar, and
(b)
shall be signed by a designated member of the limited liability partnership or authenticated in a manner approved by the registrar,
and, if it relates to a person becoming a member or designated member, shall contain a statement that he consents to becoming a member or designated member signed by him or authenticated in a manner approved by the registrar.
(4)
If a limited liability partnership fails to comply with subsection (1), 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 subsection (1) 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.