PART 2 U.K. PARTNERSHIP ACCOUNTS

Preparation of accounts of qualifying partnerships U.K.

4.—(1) Subject to regulation 7, the persons who are members of a qualifying partnership at the end of any financial year of the partnership must, in respect of that year—

(a) prepare the like annual accounts and [F1 reports], and

(b) cause to be prepared such an auditor's report,

as would be required, if the partnership were a company, under Part 15 (accounts and reports) and Chapter 1 of Part 16 (requirement for audited accounts) of the Companies Act 2006, and under the Small Companies Accounts Regulations or the Large and Medium-sized Companies Accounts Regulations (as the case may be).

(2) Regulations 4 to 6 of the Companies (Disclosure of Auditor Remuneration and Liability Limitation Agreements) Regulations 2008 M1 apply in relation to the accounts required by this regulation as they apply in relation to the annual accounts of a company or group.

(3) The accounts required by this regulation must—

(a) be prepared within the period of 9 months beginning immediately after the end of the partnership's financial year, and

(b) state that they are prepared under this regulation.

(4) Part 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations sets out certain modifications and adaptations for the purposes of this regulation.

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in reg. 4(1)(a) substituted (1.9.2013) by The Companies and Partnerships (Accounts and Audit) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2005), regs. 1(1), 4(4) (with reg. 1(5)(6))

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Reg. 4 applied (E.W.S.) (1.10.2018) by The Occupational Pension Schemes (Master Trusts) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1030), regs. 1(2), 9(3)

C2 Reg. 4 applied (N.I.) (6.4.2022) by The Occupational Pension Schemes (Master Trusts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/121), regs. 1, 9(3)

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 2008/489.