[F1 Registration and designation] U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 8 cross-heading 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), s. 219(1)(2)(b), Sch. 5 para. 5

[F2 8D.Application for designation as a private fund limited partnership U.K.

(1) An application for designation as a private fund limited partnership may be made with an application for registration under section 8A or at any time after a limited partnership has been registered.

(2) An application for designation as a private fund limited partnership must—

(a) specify the firm name of the partnership;

(b) specify the address of the partnership’s principal place of business or proposed principal place of business;

(c) in the case of an application made after the firm is registered as a limited partnership, specify the limited partnership’s registration number and the date of registration;

(d) include confirmation by a general partner that the partnership meets the private fund conditions;

(e) be [F3 signed or otherwise] authenticated by or on behalf of each general partner; and

(f) be made to the registrar.

(3) The private fund conditions are that the partnership—

(a) is constituted by an agreement in writing, and

(b) is a collective investment scheme.

(4) In subsection (3) “collective investment scheme” has the same meaning as in Part 17 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (see section 235 of that Act), ignoring any order made under section 235(5) of that Act.]

Textual Amendments

F2 S. 8D inserted (6.4.2017) by The Legislative Reform (Private Fund Limited Partnerships) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/514), arts. 1(2), 2(9)

F3 Words in s. 8D(2)(e) omitted (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 virtue of Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), ss. 121(3), 219(1)(2)(b)