Section 8W Regulations about change of general partner’s address by registrarF1

United Kingdom

(1)

The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision authorising or requiring the registrar to—

(a)

change a registered service address of a general partner in a limited partnership if satisfied that the address does not meet the requirements of section 1141(1) and (2) of the Companies Act 2006;

(b)

change the address registered as the principal office of a general partner in a limited partnership if satisfied that the address is not in fact their principal office.

(2)

In this section—

“address registered as the principal office”, in relation to a general partner, means the address for the time being shown in the register as the address of the general partner’s current principal office;
“registered service address”, in relation to a general partner, means the address for the time being shown in the register as the general partner’s current service address.

(3)

The regulations may authorise or require the address to be changed on the registrar’s own motion or on an application by another person.

(4)

The regulations—

(a)

may include provision corresponding or similar to any provision that may be included in regulations under section 1097B of the Companies Act 2006;

(b)

must include—

(i)

provision about appeals corresponding to the provision that must be included in regulations under section 1097B by virtue of subsections (7) and (8) of that section;

(ii)

provision corresponding to subsection (9) of that section.

(5)

Regulations under this section are subject to the affirmative resolution procedure.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: 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)