Limited Partnerships Act 1907

[F1 19 Registrar’s power to confirm dissolution of limited partnership U.K.

(1) If the registrar has reasonable cause to believe that a limited partnership has been dissolved, the registrar may publish a notice in the Gazette (a “dissolution notice”) stating that fact.

(2) Where the registrar proposes to publish a dissolution notice, the registrar must first publish in the Gazette a notice (a “warning notice”)—

(a) explaining the registrar’s proposal and its effect (see subsection (6)), and

(b) inviting any person to make representations about the registrar’s proposal.

(3) The registrar must send a copy of the warning notice to—

(a) the registered office of the limited partnership, and

(b) at least one person who appears in the register of limited partnerships as a general partner in the limited partnership (if there are any).

(4) The registrar may not publish a dissolution notice until after the end of the period of two months beginning with the first day on which the registrar has complied with subsection (2) and subsection (3).

(5) The dissolution notice must—

(a) state the firm name of the limited partnership,

(b) state the limited partnership’s registration number, and

(c) explain the effect of the publication of the notice (see subsection (6)).

(6) On the publication of a dissolution notice, the limited partnership to which it relates is dissolved if it was not already dissolved.

(7) For the purposes of subsection (3), a person “appears in the register of limited partnerships as a general partner in the limited partnership” if—

(a) either—

(i) the person was named as a proposed general partner in the application for registration of the limited partnership under section 8A, or

(ii) the general partners have given the registrar notice under section 8R that the person has become a general partner in the limited partnership, and

(b) the general partners have not since—

(i) given the registrar notice under section 8R that the person has ceased to be a general partner in the limited partnership, or

(ii) given the registrar notice under section 8T that the person did not become a general partner on registration of the limited partnership.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 19-25 inserted (26.10.2023 but only so far as it confers a power to make regulations or relates to the exercise of the power, otherwise prosp.) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 141(2), 219(1)(2)(b)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 19(2)-(4) excluded (26.10.2023 but only so far as it confers a power to make regulations or relates to the exercise of the power, otherwise prosp.) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 117(7), 219(1)(2)(b)

C2 S. 19(2)-(4) excluded (26.10.2023 but only so far as it confers a power to make regulations or relates to the exercise of the power, otherwise prosp.) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 111(7), 219(1)(2)(b)

C3 S. 19(2)-(4) excluded (26.10.2023 but only so far as it confers a power to make regulations or relates to the exercise of the power, otherwise prosp.) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 114(8), 219(1)(2)(b)

C4 S. 19(1)-(4) excluded (26.10.2023 but only so far as it confers a power to make regulations or relates to the exercise of the power, otherwise prosp.) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 123(7), 219(1)(2)(b)

C5 S. 19(2)-(4) excluded (temp.) (26.10.2023 but only so far as it confers a power to make regulations or relates to the exercise of the power, otherwise prosp.) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 142, 219(1)(2)(b)