Section 8R Duty to notify registrar of change in partnersF1
United Kingdom
The general partners in a limited partnership must give notice to the registrar if a person—
becomes a general partner or limited partner in the limited partnership, or
ceases to be a general partner or limited partner in the limited partnership.
A notice under subsection (1)(a) must contain the required information about the general partner or limited partner (see Part 2 of the Schedule).
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)).
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).
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 statement that the general partner does not have any corporate managing officers, or
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.
The proposed named contact for a corporate managing officer must be an individual who is a managing officer of the corporate managing officer.
A statement under subsection (4) must—
contain the required information about the proposed registered officer (see Part 3 of the Schedule), and
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).
A statement under subsection (5)(b) must—
contain the required information about each proposed named contact specified in the statement (see Part 4 of the Schedule), and
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.
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.
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.
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.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Ss. 8R-8W and 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), ss. 122, 219(1)(2)(b)