SCHEDULE 1TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS: APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS OF COMPANIES ACT 2006
PART 3AN LLP’S NAME
An LLP’s name
3.
(1)
The following provisions of the Companies Act 2006, as applied to LLPs by regulations 8 to 11, do not affect the continued registration of an LLP by a name by which it was duly registered immediately before 1st October 2009.
(2)
The provisions are—
(a)
section 54 (name suggesting connection with government or public authority);
(b)
section 55 (other sensitive words or expressions);
(c)
section 57 (permitted characters etc);
(d)
section 65 (inappropriate use of indications of company type or legal form);
(e)
section 66 (name not to be the same as another in registrar’s index).
4.
Sections 54 to 56 of the Companies Act 2006 (sensitive words and expressions), as applied to LLPs by regulation 8, apply to applications for approval received by the Secretary of State on or after 1st October 2009.