Partnership Act 1963

An application for registration as an incorporated limited partnership must be made to the commissioner for fair trading.

The application must be signed—

if the application is made by a partnership (including an external partnership)—by each partner in the partnership or by a person authorised to make the application on behalf of the partnership and the partners in it; or

if the application is made by any people or partnerships (including external partnerships), or both, proposing to be the partners in the proposed incorporated limited partnership—by each proposed partner.

The application must—

for an application by a partnership (including an external partnership), include—

the firm name of the partnership; and

the full address of the office or principal office in the ACT of the partnership (the registered office of the proposed partnership); and

for an application by people or partnerships (including external partnerships) proposing to be the partners in the proposed incorporated limited partnership, include—

the proposed firm name of the proposed partnership; and

the full address of the proposed office or principal office in the ACT of the proposed partnership (the registered office of the proposed partnership); and

include the full name of each partner or proposed partner or, if the partner or proposed partner is a partnership (including an external partnership), the name of the firm or, if the firm does not have a name, the full name of each partner in the firm; and

include the full address of each partner or proposed partner as follows:

for an individual—the person’s home address;

for a corporation—the corporation’s registered office or principal place of business;

for a partnership (including an external partnership)—the partnership’s registered office or principal office; and

state whether each partner or proposed partner is, or is proposed to be, a general partner or limited partner; and

for each partner or proposed partner that is a partnership (including an external partnership)—state that the partner or proposed partner is a partnership; and

for an application by a partnership that is registered under the Venture Capital Act 2002 (Cwlth), part 2 (Registration of limited partnerships) as a VCLP, ESVCLP or AFOF—be accompanied by a copy of a document proving its status as a VCLP, ESVCLP or AFOF; and

for an application by people or partnerships (including external partnerships) proposing to be partners in a partnership that intends to apply for registration under the Venture Capital Act 2002 (Cwlth), part 2 as a VCLP, ESVCLP or AFOF—state that it intends to apply; and

for an application by a partnership that is a venture capital management partnership under the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cwlth), section 94D (3) (Corporate limited partnerships)—state that it is that partnership; and

for an application by people or partnerships (including external partnerships) proposing to be a partnership that intends to meet the requirements for recognition as a venture capital management partnership under the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 (Cwlth), section 94D (3)—state that it intends to meet the requirements; and

include any other information prescribed under the regulations.