Propose a change

Limited Partnerships Act 1907

Write the words of this act the way you think they should read. Solon shows your change as a redline against the published text and pins it to that exact text, so it can never be applied to wording you did not see.

Change 1

What to do with it
As published

8D Application for designation as a private fund limited partnership

(1) An application for designation as a private fund limited partnership may be made with an application for registration under section 8A or at any time after a limited partnership has been registered. (2) An application for designation as a private fund limited partnership must— (a) specify the firm name of the partnership; (b) specify the address of the partnership’s principal place of business or proposed principal place of business; (c) in the case of an application made after the firm is registered as a limited partnership, specify the limited partnership’s registration number and the date of registration; (d) include confirmation by a general partner that the partnership meets the private fund conditions; (e) be signed or otherwise authenticated by or on behalf of each general partner; and (f) be made to the registrar. (3) The private fund conditions are that the partnership— (a) is constituted by an agreement in writing, and (b) is a collective investment scheme. (4) In subsection (3) “collective investment scheme” has the same meaning as in Part 17 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (see section 235 of that Act), ignoring any order made under section 235(5) of that Act.

Your change, as a redline

8D Application for designation as a private fund limited partnership

(1) An application for designation as a private fund limited partnership may be made with an application for registration under section 8A or at any time after a limited partnership has been registered. (2) An application for designation as a private fund limited partnership must— (a) specify the firm name of the partnership; (b) specify the address of the partnership’s principal place of business or proposed principal place of business; (c) in the case of an application made after the firm is registered as a limited partnership, specify the limited partnership’s registration number and the date of registration; (d) include confirmation by a general partner that the partnership meets the private fund conditions; (e) be signed or otherwise authenticated by or on behalf of each general partner; and (f) be made to the registrar. (3) The private fund conditions are that the partnership— (a) is constituted by an agreement in writing, and (b) is a collective investment scheme. (4) In subsection (3) “collective investment scheme” has the same meaning as in Part 17 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (see section 235 of that Act), ignoring any order made under section 235(5) of that Act.

One line that says what changes, such as "Halve the dog tax".

Who it helps, what it costs, what it fixes. It is what persuades people to support it.

A proposal here is not law. Support on Solon is evidence that people want the change; the official route says what it takes to make it law.

Sign in to file your proposal. What you have written stays on this page.

Sign in to file it

Think it through

Ask what your change would do, who would gain and who would bear a cost, and where something like it is already law. The assistant reads your draft as it stands, cites the law and the studies it finds, and takes no side. What you file stays yours.

Questions to start with
Think it through
Legal information from the published text, not advice for your case. Check the sources. Find a law · What the register holds