Partnership Act 1963

The Executive may make regulations for this Act.

A regulation may deal with the following:

the keeping of records by an incorporated limited partnership;

information or copies of records or documents required to be given to the commissioner for fair trading by an incorporated limited partnership.

A regulation may exempt, or provide for the exemption of, any person, matter or thing from this Act.

A regulation may make provision about a matter by applying, adopting or incorporating (with or without change) a standard, or a provision of a standard, as in force from time to time.

The Legislation Act, section 47 (6) does not apply in relation to an Australian Standard, or an Australian/New Zealand Standard, applied, adopted or incorporated under a regulation.

A regulation may prescribe—

offences for contraventions of a regulation; and

maximum penalties of not more than 10 penalty units for offences against a regulation.

Dictionary (see s 2)

Note 1 The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to this Act.

Note 2 For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:

 ACT

 commissioner for fair trading

 exercise

 function

 notifiable instrument

 property

 public servant

 registrar-general

 territory law

 under.

assets, for division 6.6 (Winding-up of incorporated limited partnership)—see section 76.

business includes a trade, occupation or profession.

external partnership—see section 51.

firm means—

for a partnership other than an incorporated limited partnership—the collective name for the people who have entered the partnership with one another; and

for an incorporated limited partnership—the partnership as a separate legal entity and not the partners in the partnership.

firm name—

for a firm other than an incorporated limited partnership—means the name under which the firm’s business is carried on; and

for an incorporated limited partnership—see section 51; and

for an external partnership—see section 51.

general partner—see section 51.

incorporated limited partnership—see section 51.

liability, for part 6 (Incorporated limited partnerships)—see section 51.

limited partner, for part 6 (Incorporated limited partnerships)—see section 51.

partner, for an incorporated limited partnership—see section 51.

partnership—see section 6.

partnership property—

of a firm other than an incorporated limited partnership—see section 24; and

of an incorporated limited partnership—see section 24A.

register, for part 6 (Incorporated limited partnerships)—see section 60.

registered information, for part 6 (Incorporated limited partnerships)—see section 59 (4) (Registration of incorporated limited partnership).

special resolution, for part 6 (Incorporated limited partnerships)—see section 51.