{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/partnership-act-1890/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/partnership-act-1890/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/53-54/39",
  "legislation_title": "Partnership Act 1890",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/partnership-act-1890",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Definition of partnership.",
  "text": "(1) Partnership is the relation which subsists between persons carrying on a business in common with a view of profit.\n(2) But the relation between members of any company or association which is—\n(a) registered under the Companies Act 2006, or\n(b) Formed or incorporated by or in pursuance of any other Act of Parliament or letters patent, or Royal Charter; . . .\n. . .\nis not a partnership within the meaning of this Act.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 1(2)(a) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1941), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 2 (with art. 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 1(2): the word \"or\" and subsection (c) repealed (19.11.1998) by 1998 c. 43, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. X Group 1"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/53-54/39/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:34:01.180393+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."
}