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Paragraph 7

(1)

If any person carries on a business under a name or title which includes as the last words—

(a)

the expression “limited liability partnership” or “partneriaeth atebolrwydd cyfyngedig”, or

(b)

any contraction or imitation of either of those expressions,

that person, unless a limited liability partnership or oversea limited liability partnership, commits an offence.

(2)

A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

Notes on Schedule

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Sch. heading omitted (4.3.2024) by virtue of The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Company Law) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/234), regs. 1(2), 4(2); S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(a)