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Version date: 4 March 2024 - onwards
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Regulation 13 Provision of misleading information etc

Sections 75 and 76 apply to LLPs, modified so that they read as follows -

"75. Provision of misleading information etc

(1) If it appears to the Secretary of State -

(a) that misleading information has been given for the purposes of an LLP's registration by a particular name, or

(b) that an undertaking or assurance has been given for that purpose and has not been fulfilled,

the Secretary of State may direct the LLP to change its name.

(2) Any such direction -

(a) must be given within five years of the LLP's registration by that name, and

(b) must specify the period within which the LLP is to change its name.

(2A) The period must be at least 28 days beginning with the date of the direction.

(3) The Secretary of State may by a further direction extend the period within which the LLP is to change its name.

Any such direction must be given before the end of the period for the time being specified.

(4) A direction under this section must be in writing.

(4A) Where a direction is given under subsection (1), the registrar may omit from the material on the register that is available for public inspection any mention of the name to which the direction relates.