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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/limited-liability-partnerships-fees-no-2-regulations-2001/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/969",
  "legislation_title": "The Limited Liability Partnerships (Fees) (No. 2) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/limited-liability-partnerships-fees-no-2-regulations-2001",
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  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations) These regulations are made under section 708 of the Companies Act 1985. As applied to limited liability partnerships by regulation 4 of and Schedule 2 to the Limited Liability Partnerships Regulations 2001, section 708 requires the payment of fees in respect of certain functions performed by the registrar of companies both under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000 and under the Companies Act 1985, as it is applied to limited liability partnerships.\n1 The fee for the registration of a limited liability partnership under sections 2 and 3 of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000 is £95.00.\n2 The fee for the registration of an annual return is £35.00. A limited liability partnership is required to submit an annual return to the registrar of companies by section 363 of the Companies Act 1985 as amended by regulation 4 of and Schedule 2 to the Limited Liability Partnerships Regulations 2001.\n3 The fee for the registration of a notification of a change of name of a limited liability partnership is £20.00. A limited liability partnership is permitted to change its name under paragraph 4 of the Schedule to the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000.\n4 The fee for the performance by the registrar of companies of his functions in relation to an application by a limited liability partnership for its name to be struck off the register is £10.00. Section 652A of the Companies Act 1985 is applied to limited liability partnerships by regulation 4 of and Schedule 2 to the Limited Liability Partnerships Regulations 2001.\n5 The fee for the registration of a charge, created by a limited liability partnership, is £20 per entry. The provisions governing the charges created by limited liability partnerships are contained in Chapters I and II of Part XII of the Companies Act 1985 as applied to limited liability partnerships by regulation 4 of and Schedule 2 to the Limited Liability Partnerships Regulations 2001.\n6 Section 709 of the Companies Act 1985, as applied to limited liability partnerships by regulation 4 of and Schedule 2 to the Limited Liability Partnerships Regulations 2001, enables persons to require the registrar of companies to produce a copy of information contained in the records kept by him. For a paper copy of a document relating to a limited liability partnership delivered by post the fee is £9.00. For each further document relating to the same limited liability partnership requested on the same occasion the fee is £2.50.\n7 For paper copies of a screen of information shown on a computer terminal, kept by the registrar of companies, and containing an alphabetical index of live and dissolved companies and limited liability partnerships the fee is £4.00 when the information is delivered by post. For each additional page the fee is £1.00.\n8 Section 709 of the Companies Act 1985, as applied to limited liability partnerships, enables persons to require a certified copy of, or extract from, any record kept by the registrar of companies. The fee for a certified copy of, or extract from, any record relating to a limited liability partnership is £25.00.\n9 Section 3(1) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000 provides that upon the incorporation of a limited liability partnership the registrar of companies shall give a certificate that the limited liability partnership is incorporated by the name specified in the incorporation document. For the first certificate of incorporation of a limited liability partnership supplied on any occasion, other than on incorporation (when the certificate is included in the incorporation fee) the fee is £25.00. The fee for each additional certificate supplied on the same occasion is £10.00.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "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."
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