New Legislation for Companies and LLP's

The government recently issued new legislation extending the requirement for companies and limited liability partnership's to provide certain information on their website's, electronic communications and order forms. Electronic communications include faxes and emails.

The new legislation is effective from 1 January 2007 and there are penalties for non-compliance. The information required to be shown is set out below;

- Full corporate name
- Place of registration
- Registered number
- Registered office address

More information can be found on the website of the Office of Public Sector Information here.

Amendment information can be found by searching for 'Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/3429)'.

If you prefer, you can read the amendment here.