Amendment to registrar’s power to strike off defunct LLP

3.—(1) The 2009 Regulations are amended as follows.

(2) In the section 1000 of the 2006 Act (power to strike off LLP not carrying on business or in operation) that applies to limited liability partnerships by virtue of regulation 50 of the 2009 Regulations—

(a) in subsection (1) for “by post a letter” substitute “a communication”;

(b) in subsection (2) for “sending the letter” substitute “sending the communication” and for “by post a registered letter referring to the first letter” substitute “a second communication referring to the first communication”;

(c) in subsection (2)(b) for “letter” substitute “communication”;

(d) in subsection (3)(b) for “letter” substitute “communication”; and

(e) in subsection (3) in the closing words omit “by post”.

(3) In the section 1002 of the 2006 Act (supplementary provisions as to service of letter or notice) that applies to limited liability partnerships by virtue of regulation 50 of the 2009 Regulations—

(a) in the heading for “letter” substitute “communication”;

(b) for subsection (1) substitute—

“(1) If the registrar is not able to send a communication or notice under section 1000 or 1001 to an LLP, the communication may be sent to a member of the LLP at an address for that member that has been notified to the registrar by the LLP.”;

(c) in subsection 2 for “letter” substitute “communication”;

(d) for subsection (3) substitute—

“(3) A notice to be sent to a liquidator under section 1001 may be sent to the address of the liquidator’s last known place of business or to an address specified by the liquidator to the registrar for the purpose of receiving notices, or notices of that kind.”; and

(e) after subsection (3) insert—

“(4) In this section “address” includes a number or address used for the purposes of sending or receiving documents or information by electronic means.

(5) For the purposes of subsection (4) a document or information is sent or received by electronic means if it is—

(a) sent initially and received at its destination by means of electronic equipment for the processing (which expression includes digital compression) or storage of data, and

(b) entirely transmitted, conveyed and received by wire, by radio, by optical means or by other electromagnetic means.

References to electronic means have a corresponding meaning.”