Limited Partnerships Act 2016

An application for registration as a limited partnership may be made by —

a partnership (including an external partnership); or

a proposed partner in a proposed limited partnership.

An application for registration as a limited partnership is made by lodging with the Commissioner a statement that —

is in the form approved by the Commissioner; and

contains each of the matters set out in subsection (3); and

is signed —

if the application is made by a partnership — by each partner in the partnership or by a person given authority to make the application on behalf of the partnership and the partners in it; or

in any other case — by each proposed partner in the proposed partnership.

The statement must contain, in relation to the proposed limited partnership, each of the following matters —

the proposed firm name;

the address of the proposed registered office;

the name of each proposed partner, being —

if the partner is an individual — their full name; or

if the partner is a body corporate — its corporate name; or

if the partner is a partnership — its firm name or, if the partnership does not have a firm name, the full name of each partner in the partnership;

the address of each proposed partner, being —

if the partner is an individual — their principal place of residence; or

if the partner is a body corporate — its registered office as defined in the Corporations Act section 9; or

if the partner is a partnership — its principal office;

a statement in relation to each proposed partner as to —

whether they will be a general partner or a limited partner; and

whether they are an individual, a body corporate or a partnership;

in relation to each proposed limited partner —

a statement of their agreed contribution; and

a statement to the effect that their liability to contribute is limited to their agreed contribution; and

a statement of the amount of their agreed contribution that has been paid and the amount of their agreed contribution that is unpaid;

any other particulars that are required by the form or prescribed.