# The Partnerships (Unrestricted Size) No. 11 Regulations 1994, Regulation 2


(1) Section 716(1) of the Companies Act 1985 does not prohibit the formation of partnerships consisting of more than 20 persons—
(a) for the purpose of carrying on business as patent agents, where each such person is a patent agent,
(b) for the purpose of carrying on business as registered trade mark agents, where each such person is a registered trade mark agent, or
(c) for the purpose of carrying on business as either patent agents or registered trade mark agents, or as both patent agents and registered trade mark agents, where the partnership concerned satisfies the conditions prescribed by paragraphs (a) and (b) of Rule 3 of the Patent Agents (Mixed Partnerships and Bodies Corporate) Rules 1994 or Rule 3 of the Registered Trade Mark Agents (Mixed Partnerships and Bodies Corporate) Rules 1994.
(2) In these Regulations,
(a) “patent agent” means a person whose name is entered in the register kept pursuant to rules made under section 275 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, and
(b) “registered trade mark agent” means a person whose name is entered in the register kept pursuant to rules made under section 282 of that Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/644/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/partnerships-unrestricted-size-no-11-regulations-1994/regulation-2
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