{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/limited-partnerships-act-1907/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/limited-partnerships-act-1907/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Edw7/7/24",
  "legislation_title": "Limited Partnerships Act 1907",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/limited-partnerships-act-1907",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Duty to register and designate",
  "text": "(1) The registrar shall register a limited partnership if an application is made to the registrar in accordance with section 8A.\n(2) The registrar must designate a limited partnership on the register as a private fund limited partnership if an application for such designation is made to the registrar in accordance with section 8D.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 8-8C substituted for s. 8 (1.10.2009) by Legislative Reform (Limited Partnerships) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1940), arts. 2, 3(2), 4-7 (with art. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 8(1): s. 8 becomes s. 8(1) (6.4.2017) by The Legislative Reform (Private Fund Limited Partnerships) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/514), arts. 1(2), 2(6)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 8(2) inserted (6.4.2017) by The Legislative Reform (Private Fund Limited Partnerships) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/514), arts. 1(2), 2(6)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 8 heading inserted (6.4.2017) by The Legislative Reform (Private Fund Limited Partnerships) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/514), arts. 1(2), 2(6)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/7/24/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:22:17.808747+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}