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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 4 March 2024 - onwards
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Regulation 75 Service addresses

Sections 1139 to 1142 apply to LLPs, modified so that they read as follows -

"1139. Service of documents on LLP

(1) A document may be served on an LLP by leaving it at, or sending it by post to, the LLP's registered office.

(2) Where an LLP registered in Scotland or Northern Ireland carries on business in England and Wales, the process of any court in England and Wales may be served on the LLP by leaving it at, or sending it by post to, the LLP's principal place of business in England and Wales, addressed to the manager or a designated member in England and Wales of the LLP.

Where process is served on an LLP under this subsection, the person issuing out the process must send a copy of it by post to the LLP's registered office.

1140. Service of documents on members and others

(1) A document may be served on a person to whom this section applies by leaving it at, or sending it by post to, the person's registered address.

(1A) A document may be served on -

(a) a member of an LLP,

(b) a person who is a registrable person or a registrable relevant legal entity in relation to an LLP (within the meanings given by section 790C);

(c) a person appointed in relation to an LLP as a judicial factor (in Scotland).

(2) This section applies whatever the purpose of the document in question.