PART 2Partnerships
CHAPTER 1Limited partnerships etc.
Registered email addresses
I1117A limited partnership’s registered email address: transitional provision
1
This section applies in relation to a limited partnership registered under the Limited Partnerships Act 1907 in pursuance of an application for registration delivered to the registrar before section 116(2) came fully into force.
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3
The provisions mentioned in subsection (4) do not apply in respect of the limited partnership until—
a
the end of the transitional period, or
b
if earlier, the delivery of the statement mentioned in subsection (2).
4
Those provisions are—
5
In this section—
“the registrar” has the same meaning as in the Limited Partnerships Act 1907 (see section 15 of that Act);
“transitional period” means the period of 6 months beginning when section 116(2) came fully into force.
6
Failure by the general partners in a limited partnership to comply with subsection (2) is, in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, to be treated by the registrar as reasonable cause to believe that the limited partnership has been dissolved for the purposes of section 19 of the Limited Partnerships Act 1907 (registrar’s power to confirm dissolution of limited partnership) (inserted by section 141 of this Act).
7
Where the registrar proposes to rely on a failure by the general partners in the limited partnership to comply with subsection (2) as grounds for exercising the power in section 19 of the Limited Partnerships Act 1907, subsections (2) to (4) of that section (publication of warning notice) do not apply.