Paragraph 11

Section 4 is amended as follows.

“In subsection (1)(a), for “subject to subsection (3)” substitute “subject to subsections (3) and (3A)”, omit the word “and” at the end of sub-paragraph (iii) and after that sub-paragraph insert—

“(iiia)

In the case of a limited liability partnership, its corporate name and the name of each member, and”.

In subsection (2), for “the subsection next following” substitute “subsection (3) or (3A)”.

After subsection (3) insert—

“(3A)

Subsection (1)(a) does not apply in relation to any document issued by a limited liability partnership with more than 20 members which maintains at its principal place of business a list of the names of all the members if—

(a)

none of the names of the members appears in the document otherwise than in the text or as a signatory; and

(b)

the document states in legible characters the address of the principal place of business of the limited liability partnership and that the list of the members' names is open to inspection at that place.”

After subsection (4) insert—

“(4A)

Where a limited liability partnership maintains a list of the members' names for the purposes of subsection (3A), any person may inspect the list during office hours.”

In subsection (7), after “subsection (4)” insert “or (4A)” and after “any partner of the partnership concerned” insert “,or any member of the limited liability partnership concerned,”.