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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 GENERAL INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS

    1. 1.Citation

    2. 2.Commencement

    3. 3.Interpretation

  3. PART 1A INCORPORATION

    1. 3A.Statement of initial significant control

  4. PART 2 FORMALITIES OF DOING BUSINESS

    1. 4.Formalities of doing business under the law of England and Wales or Northern Ireland

    2. 5.Formalities of doing business under the law of Scotland

    3. 6.Official seal for use abroad

    4. 7.Other matters

  5. PART 3 AN LLP'S NAME

    1. CHAPTER 1 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

      1. 8.Prohibited names and sensitive words and expressions

      2. 9.Permitted characters etc

      3. 9A.Names containing computer code

      4. 9B.Prohibitions on registration of names following direction

      5. 10.Inappropriate use of indications of company type or legal form

    2. CHAPTER 2 SIMILARITY TO OTHER NAMES

      1. 11.Similarity to other name on registrar's index

      2. 12.Similarity to other name in which person has goodwill

    3. CHAPTER 3 OTHER POWERS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND THE REGISTRAR

      1. 13.Provision of misleading information etc

      2. 13A.Direction to change name used for criminal purposes

      3. 13B.Direction to change name wrongly registered

      4. 13C.Registrar’s powers to change name

      5. 13D.Exceptions based on national security etc

    4. CHAPTER 4 TRADING DISCLOSURES

      1. 14.Requirement to disclose LLP name etc

      2. 15.Section 85 applies to LLPs, modified so that it reads...

  6. PART 4 AN LLP'S REGISTERED OFFICE

    1. 16.General

    2. 17.Welsh LLPs

  7. PART 4A REGISTERED EMAIL ADDRESS

    1. 17ZA.Registered email addresses

    2. 17ZB.Registered email addresses - transitional provisions

  8. PART 5 AN LLP'S MEMBERS

    1. CHAPTER 1 REGISTER OF MEMBERS

      1. 17ZC.Disqualified member

      2. 17A.Alternative method of record-keeping

      3. 17B.Duty to ensure disqualified person is not a member

      4. 18.Requirements for register of members

    2. CHAPTER 1A OPTION TO KEEP INFORMATION ON THE CENTRAL REGISTER

      1. 18A.Sections 167A to 167E apply to LLPs , modified so...

    3. CHAPTER 2 MEMBERS' RESIDENTIAL ADDRESSES: PROTECTION FROM DISCLOSURE

      1. 19.Members' residential addresses: protection from disclosure

  9. PART 6 DEBENTURES

    1. 20.General provisions

    2. 21.Register of debenture holders

    3. 22.Supplementary provisions

    4. 23.Sections 752 to 754 apply to LLPs, modified so that...

  10. PART 7 CERTIFICATION AND TRANSFER OF DEBENTURES

    1. 24.Issue of certificates etc on allotment

    2. 25.Transfer of debentures

    3. 26.Other matters

    4. 27.Issue of certificates etc on transfer

    5. 28.Issue of certificates etc on allotment or transfer to financial institution

    6. 29.Supplementary provisions

  11. PART 8 ANNUAL CONFIRMATION BY LLP OF ACCURACY OF INFORMATION ON REGISTER

    1. 30.Sections 853A to 853BA apply to LLPs , modified so...

    2. 30A.Duty to notify a change in registered office and email address

    3. 31.Section 853I applies to LLPs , modified so that it...

    4. 31ZA.Section 853L applies to LLPs , modified so that it...

  12. PART 8A AN LLP’s REGISTER OF PEOPLE WITH SIGNIFICANT CONTROL

    1. 31A.Overview

    2. 31B.Key terms

    3. 31C.Information gathering

    4. 31D.Required particulars

    5. 31E.Register of people with significant control

    6. 31F.Inspection and copies of the register

    7. 31G.Supplementary provision regarding requests to inspect and copies of PSC register

    8. 31H.Protected information

    9. 31I.Removal of entries from the register

    10. 31J.Power of court to rectify an LLP’s PSC register

    11. 31JA.Notification of changes to the registrar

    12. 31K.Alternative method of record keeping

    13. 31L.Protection from disclosure

    14. 31M.Schedule 1A

    15. 31N.Schedule 1B

  13. PART 9 LLP CHARGES

    1. 32.Registration of charges

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  14. PART 10 ARRANGEMENTS, RECONSTRUCTIONS AND CROSS-BORDER MERGERS

    1. 45.Arrangements and reconstructions : general

    2. 45A.Arrangements and reconstructions: LLPs in financial difficulty

    3. 46.Cross-border mergers

  15. PART 11 FRAUDULENT TRADING

    1. 47.Offence of fraudulent trading

  16. PART 12 PROTECTION OF MEMBERS AGAINST UNFAIR PREJUDICE

    1. 48.Main provisions

    2. 49.Supplementary provision

  17. PART 13 DISSOLUTION AND RESTORATION TO THE REGISTER

    1. CHAPTER 1 STRIKING OFF

      1. 50.Registrar's power to strike off defunct LLP

      2. 51.Voluntary striking off

    2. CHAPTER 2 PROPERTY OF DISSOLVED LLP

      1. 52.Property of dissolved LLP vesting as bona vacantia

      2. 53.Effect of Crown disclaimer: England and Wales and Northern Ireland

      3. 54.Effect of Crown disclaimer: Scotland

      4. 55.Supplementary provisions

    3. CHAPTER 3 RESTORATION TO THE REGISTER

      1. 56.Administrative restoration to the register

      2. 57.Restoration to the register by the court

      3. 58.Supplementary provisions

  18. PART 14 OVERSEAS LLPS

    1. 59.Trading disclosures

  19. PART 15 THE REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES

    1. 60.Provisions of general application

    2. 61.Certificates of incorporation

    3. 62.Registered numbers

    4. 63.Public notice of receipt of certain documents

    5. 63A.The register

    6. 64.Annotation and unique identifiers

    7. 65.Records relating to dissolved LLPs

    8. 66.Inspection etc of the register

    9. 67.Correction or removal of material ...

    10. 68.Language requirements: translation

    11. 69.Supplementary provisions

  20. PART 16 OFFENCES

    1. 70.Liability of member in default

    2. 71.Daily default fine

    3. 72.Consents for certain prosecutions

    4. 73.General provisions

  21. PART 17 SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS AND INTERPRETATION

    1. 74.LLP records

    2. 75.Service addresses

    3. 75A.Communications in electronic form

    4. 76.Notice of appointment of judicial factor

    5. 77.Courts and legal proceedings

    6. 78.Requirements of this Act

    7. 79.Minor definitions

    8. 79A.Business names

    9. 80.Regulations and orders

    10. 81.Section 1292 applies to LLPs for the purposes of these...

    11. 82.Continuity of the law

  22. PART 18 TRANSITIONAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS

    1. 83.Transitional provisions: application of provisions of Companies Act 2006

    2. 84.Transitional provisions: Northern Ireland LLPs

    3. 85.Consequential amendments and revocations

  23. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS: APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS OF COMPANIES ACT 2006

      1. PART 1 INTRODUCTORY

        1. 1.Introduction

      2. PART 2 FORMALITIES OF DOING BUSINESS

        1. 2.Execution of deeds etc

      3. PART 3 AN LLP'S NAME

        1. 3.An LLP's name

        2. 4.Sections 54 to 56 of the Companies Act 2006 (sensitive...

      4. PART 4 AN LLP'S MEMBERS

        1. 5.Particulars to be registered

        2. 6.Register of members' residential addresses

        3. 7.Members: entries on the register of companies

        4. 8.Members' residential addresses: protection from disclosure

        5. 9.(1) Section 242(1) of the Companies Act 2006 (duty of...

        6. 10.In determining under section 245(1) of the Companies Act 2006,...

        7. 11.Continuation of protection afforded by confidentiality orders under the 1985 Act

        8. 12.(1) A member in relation to whom a confidentiality order...

        9. 13.Where a confidentiality order under section 723B of the 1985...

        10. 14.Effect of pending application for confidentiality order

      5. PART 5 AN LLP'S ANNUAL RETURN

        1. 15.Annual returns

      6. PART 6 LLP CHARGES

        1. 16.LLP charges

        2. 17.(1) Sections 862 and 880 of the Companies Act 2006...

        3. 18.(1) Sections 863 and 882 of the Companies Act 2006...

        4. 19.(1) Section 868 of the Companies Act 2006 (Northern Ireland:...

        5. 20.(1) Section 871 of the Companies Act 2006 (notice to...

        6. 21.(1) Sections 872 and 887 of the Companies Act 2006...

      7. PART 7 DISSOLUTION AND RESTORATION TO THE REGISTER

        1. 22.Property of dissolved LLP

        2. 23.Saving for applications to court made before 1st October 2009

        3. 24.Application to court for restoration to the register

        4. 25.(1) The following provisions apply where the LLP was dissolved...

        5. 26.Effect of restoration to the register where property has vested as bona vacantia

      8. PART 8 THE REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES

        1. 27.Provisions of general application

        2. 28.Certificates of incorporation

        3. 29.Annotation of the register

        4. 30.Registrar's notice to resolve inconsistency on the register

        5. 31.Removal of material from the register

        6. 32.General false statement offence

        7. 33.Provision and authentication by registrar of documents sent by electronic means

      9. PART 9 SUPPLEMENTARY

        1. 34.Forms

        2. 35.Offences

        3. 36.Fees

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS: NORTHERN IRELAND LLPs

      1. 1.Main transitional provisions

      2. 2.Applications for registration as Northern Ireland LLP

      3. 3.Further modification of Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 in relation to Northern Ireland LLPs

      4. 4.Extension of company investigation provisions to Northern Ireland LLPs

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS AND REVOCATIONS

      1. PART 1 CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS ACT 2000

        1. 1.Incorporation document etc

        2. 2.Incorporation by registration

        3. 3.Members

        4. 4.Designated members

        5. 5.Registration of membership changes

        6. 6.Insolvency and winding up

        7. 7.Parliamentary procedure for regulations

        8. 8.Interpretation of Act

        9. 9.Extent of Act

        10. 10.Names and registered offices

        11. 11.Saving

      2. PART 2 OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS AND REVOCATIONS

        1. 12.General

        2. 13.Limited Liability Partnerships Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/1090)

        3. 14.Limited Liability Partnerships Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 (S.R. (NI) 2004 No 307)

        4. 15.Limited Liability Partnerships (Accounts and Audit) (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1911)

        5. 16.(1) In the provisions of the Companies Act 2006 listed...

        6. 17.Other revocations

  25. Explanatory Note