2. Sections 716 (general partnerships etc.: limit on number of members)(1) and 717 (limited partnerships: limit on number of members)(2) of the Companies Act 1985(3) are hereby repealed.
Section 716 was amended by sections 145 and 212 of, and paragraph 15 of Schedule 19 and Schedule 24 to, the Companies Act 1989 (c. 40); by section 263 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8); by regulation 2 of, and paragraph 53 of the Schedule to, S.I. 1991/1997; by regulation 84 of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 7 to, S.I. 2001/1228, and by article 11 of S.I. 2002/1555.
Section 717 was amended by sections 145 and 212 of, and paragraph 16 of Schedule 19 and Schedule 24 to, the Companies Act 1989; by regulation 2 of, and paragraph 53 of the Schedule to, S.I. 1991/1997, and by regulation 2 of S.I. 1995/1163.