F1Notification of information about partners

8RDuty to notify registrar of change in partners

(1)

The general partners in a limited partnership must give notice to the registrar if a person—

(a)

becomes a general partner or limited partner in the limited partnership, or

(b)

ceases to be a general partner or limited partner in the limited partnership.

(2)

A notice under subsection (1)(a) must contain the required information about the general partner or limited partner (see Part 2 of the Schedule).

(3)

A notice under subsection (1)(a) of a person becoming a general partner must contain a statement that the new general partner is not disqualified under the directors disqualification legislation (see section 8J(3)).

(4)

A notice under subsection (1)(a) of a legal entity becoming a general partner must be accompanied by a statement by the general partner specifying the name of its proposed registered officer, who must be an individual who meets the requirements in section 8K(1)(a) to (c).

(5)

A notice under subsection (1)(a) of a legal entity becoming a general partner must be accompanied by one of the following statements by the general partner—

(a)

a statement that the general partner does not have any corporate managing officers, or

(b)

if the general partner has one or more corporate managing officers, a statement specifying, for each corporate managing officer, the name of the proposed named contact for the corporate managing officer.

(6)

The proposed named contact for a corporate managing officer must be an individual who is a managing officer of the corporate managing officer.

(7)

A statement under subsection (4) must—

(a)

contain the required information about the proposed registered officer (see Part 3 of the Schedule), and

(b)

be accompanied by a statement by the individual who is the proposed registered officer confirming that the individual meets the requirements in section 8K(1)(a) to (1)(c).

(8)

A statement under subsection (5)(b) must—

(a)

contain the required information about each proposed named contact specified in the statement (see Part 4 of the Schedule), and

(b)

be accompanied by a statement by each proposed named contact confirming that the proposed named contact is a managing officer of the corporate managing officer concerned.

(9)

Subsection (1)(a) does not require the general partners, on registration of the limited partnership, to give notice in relation to a person named as a proposed general partner or a proposed limited partner in the application for registration under section 8A.

(10)

A notice under subsection (1) must specify the date on which the person became or ceased to be a general partner or limited partner in the limited partnership.

(11)

A notice under subsection (1) must be given within the period of 14 days beginning with the day on which the person becomes or ceases to be a general partner or a limited partner.