{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/limited-liability-partnerships-act-northern-ireland-2002-repealed/schedule/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/limited-liability-partnerships-act-northern-ireland-2002-repealed/schedule/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2002/12",
  "legislation_title": "Limited Liability Partnerships Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/limited-liability-partnerships-act-northern-ireland-2002-repealed",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where a limited liability partnership changes its name it shall deliver notice of the change to the registrar.\n(2) A notice delivered under sub-paragraph (1)—\n(a) shall be in a form approved by the registrar, and\n(b) shall be signed by a designated member of the limited liability partnership or authenticated in a manner approved by the registrar.\n(3) Where the registrar receives a notice under sub-paragraph (2) he shall (unless the new name is one by which a limited liability partnership may not be registered)—\n(a) enter the new name in the index kept under Article 663(1) of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (NI 6), and\n(b) issue a certificate of the change of name.\n(4) The change of name has effect from the date on which the certificate is issued.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2002/12/schedule/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:21:33.998555+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}