{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/limited-liability-partnerships-act-northern-ireland-2002-repealed/section-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/limited-liability-partnerships-act-northern-ireland-2002-repealed/section-9.json",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  "legislation_title": "Limited Liability Partnerships Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/limited-liability-partnerships-act-northern-ireland-2002-repealed",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": "section/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Registration of membership changes",
  "text": "(1) A limited liability partnership must ensure that—\n(a) where a person becomes or ceases to be a member or designated member, notice is delivered to the registrar within 14 days, and\n(b) where there is any change in the name or address of a member, notice is delivered to the registrar within 28 days.\n(2) Where all the members from time to time of a limited liability partnership are designated members, subsection (1)(a) does not require notice that a person has become or ceased to be a designated member as well as a member.\n(3) A notice delivered under subsection (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,\nand, if it relates to a person becoming a member or designated member, shall contain a statement that he consents to becoming a member or designated member signed by him or authenticated in a manner approved by the registrar.\n(4) If a limited liability partnership fails to comply with subsection (1), the partnership and every designated member commits an offence.\n(5) But it is a defence for a designated member charged with an offence under subsection (4) to prove that he took all reasonable steps for securing that subsection (1) was complied with.\n(6) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (4) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.",
  "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/section/9",
    "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."
}