5.—(1) Section 9 of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000 (registration of membership changes) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (1)(b)—
(a)for “name or address of a member” substitute “ particulars contained in its register of members or its register of members' residential addresses ”, and
(b)for “28 days” substitute “ 14 days ”.
(3) For subsection (3) substitute—
“(3) A notice delivered under subsection (1) that relates to a person becoming a member or designated member must contain—
(a)a statement that the member or designated member consents to acting in that capacity, and
(b)in the case of a person becoming a member, a statement of the particulars of the new member that are required to be included in the limited liability partnership's register of members and its register of residential addresses.”.
(4) After that subsection insert—
“(3ZA) Where—
(a)a limited liability partnership gives notice of a change of a member's service address as stated in its register of members, and
(b)the notice is not accompanied by notice of any resulting change in the particulars contained in its register of members' residential addresses,
the notice must be accompanied by a statement that no such change is required.”.
(5) Omit subsections (3A) and (3B) M1.
(6) In subsections (4) and (5) for “subsection (1)” substitute “ this section ”.
Marginal Citations
M1Subsections (3A) and (3B) were inserted by regulation 16 of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to, S.I. 2002/915.