17. After Part 4 (an LLP’s registered office) insert—
17ZA. Sections 88A and 88B apply to LLPs, modified so they read as follows—
(1) An LLP must ensure that its registered email address is at all times an appropriate email address within the meaning of section 2(5) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000.
(2) If an LLP fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with this section an offence is committed by—
(a)the LLP, and
(b)every designated member of the LLP who is in default.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction—
(a)in England and Wales, to a fine;
(b)in Scotland or Northern Ireland, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one-tenth of level 5 on the standard scale.
(1) An LLP may change its registered email address by giving notice to the registrar.
(2) The notice must include a statement that the new address is an appropriate email address within the meaning given by section 2(5) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000.
(3) The change takes effect upon the notice being registered by the registrar.”.
17ZB.—(1) This regulation applies in relation to an LLP registered under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000 pursuant to an application for registration delivered to the registrar before regulation 17 of the LLP (Application of Company Law) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/234, “2024 Regulations”) comes into force.
(2) On the first occasion on which the LLP delivers a confirmation statement with a confirmation date that is after the day on which regulation 17 of the 2024 Regulations comes into force—
(a)it must, at the same time, deliver to the registrar a statement specifying its registered email address for the purposes of section 88A;
(b)section 853CB does not apply.
(3) Section 853A(1)(b)(ii) has effect as if it included a reference to the duty imposed by paragraph (2) (and section 853L applies accordingly).
(4) Section 88A does not apply in relation to the LLP until it has delivered the confirmation statement mentioned in paragraph (2) or, if it does not deliver the statement on time, the latest time by which it was required to do so.
(5) In this regulation—
“confirmation statement” has the meaning given by section 853A;
“the registrar” has the meaning given by section 18 of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000.”.