Section 20: Change of name
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20. Change of name
(1) Subject to this section and its partnership agreement, a limited
liability partnership may, at any time, change its name.
(2) Where a limited liability partnership changes its name, it shall, within
21 days of the change, notify the Registrar, in writing, of the change.
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(3) Where the new name does not comply with the requirements set out
in sections 18 and 19 (2), the Registrar shall not register the limited liability
partnership under that new name.
(4) On notification of a change of name under subsection (2), the
Registrar shall—
(a) record the change of name of the limited liability partnership;
(b) on payment of such fee as may be prescribed, issue a new
certificate of registration with the new name of the limited
liability partnership; and
(c) require the limited liability partnership to cause a notice of the
change to be published in such manner as the Registrar may
direct.
(5) Where the Registrar is satisfied that a limited liability partnership
should not have been registered under a name, the Registrar may serve
notice, in writing, on the limited liability partnership to initiate procedures to
change its name by a date specified in the notice, being a date which shall
be not less than 28 days from the date on which the notice is served.
(6) Where the limited liability partnership does not change its name
within the period specified in the notice referred to in subsection (5), the
Registrar may register the limited liability partnership under a new name
chosen by him.
(7) Where the Registrar registers the limited liability partnership under a
new name under subsection (6), he shall record the new name on the
certificate of registration of the limited liability partnership and sections
18 (1), (3) and (4) and 19 (2) shall apply in relation to the registration of the
new name as if the name of the limited liability partnership had been
changed under those provisions.
(8) A change of name shall not affect any right or obligation of the
limited liability partnership, and any legal proceedings that have been
continued or commenced against it, under its former name, may be
continued or commenced against it under its new name.
(9) A change of name shall not take effect before a new certificate of
registration is issued in the new name of the limited liability partnership by
the Registrar.