The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009

Limited Partnerships Act 1907 (c. 24) U.K.

3.—(1) The Limited Partnerships Act 1907 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 9(1) (registration of changes in partnerships), omit the words from “at the register office” to “is registered”.

(3) In section 10(2) (notices to be published in the Gazette: meaning of “the Gazette”)—

(a) for “Ireland” substitute “ Northern Ireland ”, and

(b) for “Dublin” substitute “ Belfast ”.

(4) In section 14 (register and index to be kept) omit the words “At each of the register offices herein-after referred to” and “, in proper books to be provided for the purpose,”.

(5) For section 15 (registrar of joint stock companies to be registrar under Act) substitute—

“15.    The registrar

(1) The registrar of companies is the registrar of limited partnerships.

(2) In this Act—

(a) references to the registrar in relation to the registration of a limited partnership are to the registrar to whom the application for registration is to be made (see section 8A(1)(d) M1 );

(b) references to registration in a particular part of the United Kingdom are to registration by the registrar for that part of the United Kingdom;

(c) references to the registrar in relation to any other matter relating to a limited partnership are to the registrar for the part of the United Kingdom in which the partnership is registered.”.

(6) In section 16 (inspection of statements registered)—

(a) in subsection (1), M2 omit “in the register offices aforesaid”;

(b) in subsection (2), omit “or one of the assistant registrars” and “or assistant registrar”.

Marginal Citations

M1 Section 8A is inserted, with effect from 1st October 2009, by the Legislative Reform (Limited Partnerships) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1940), article 5.

M2 Section 16(1) was amended by the Companies Act 2006 (c.46), section 1063(7)(a) and the Decimal Currency Act 1969 (C.19), section 10(1).