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  • Part 6: Part 6: Registered Office

    • Article 25 - Situation of registered office

      (1) A Limited Liability Partnership shall:
      (A) at all times have a registered office situated in the QFC; and
      (B) carry on its principal Business activity at or from the registered office unless the QFC Authority permits such Business activity to be carried on, at or from another place within the QFC.
      (2) On the incorporation of a Limited Liability Partnership the situation of its registered office shall be that stated in the Incorporation Document.
      (3) A Document may be served on a Limited Liability Partnership by leaving it at, or sending it by hand or by fax or by courier, to the registered office of the Limited Liability Partnership.

    • Article 26 - Change of registered office

      (1) A Limited Liability Partnership may change its registered office by delivering notice in the Prescribed Form of the change to the CRO together with payment of the Prescribed Fee.
      (2) A notice delivered under Article 26(1):
      (A) shall be in a form prescribed or approved by the CRO; and
      (B) shall be signed by a Designated Member of the Limited Liability Partnership or authenticated in a manner approved by the CRO.
      (3) Where the CRO receives a notice under Article 26(1) it shall enter the new registered office on the register in place of the former registered office.
      (4) The change of registered office shall take effect upon the notice of change of registered office delivered to the CRO in accordance with Article 26(2) being registered by the CRO, but until the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the date on which it is registered a person may validly serve any Document on the Limited Liability Partnership at its previous registered office.
      (5) Where a Limited Liability Partnership unavoidably ceases to perform at its registered office any duty to keep at its registered office any register, index or other Document or to mention the address of its registered office in any Document in circumstances in which it was not practicable to give prior notice to the CRO of a change in the situation of the registered office, but:
      (A) resumes performance of that duty at other premises as soon as practicable; and
      (B) gives notice accordingly to the CRO of a change in the situation of its registered office within 21 days of doing so
      it shall not be treated as having failed to comply with that duty.
      Amended by QFCA RM2012-1 (as from 11th April 2012)