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Regulation 79A Business names

Sections 1198A, 1198B and 1199A of the 2006 Act apply to LLPs, modified to read as follows -

"1198A. Name that an LLP has been required to change -

(1) Where a relevant direction has been given to an LLP to change its name, or it has been ordered under section 73 to change its name, the LLP must not carry on business in the United Kingdom under the name that it was directed or ordered to change, except as mentioned in subsection (2).

(2) Subsection (1) does not prevent the use by an LLP of a name if -

(a) the period for complying with the direction or order has not yet expired,

(b) the LLP complied with the direction or order and has since become registered with the name again following approval given under section 57B, or

(c) the direction was given, or the order was made, before regulation 47 of the Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Company Law) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/234) came into force.

(3) If an LLP uses a name in contravention of this section an offence is comm

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