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Limited Partnerships Act 2008
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Name of limited partnership or overseas limited partnership
34: Registrar may object to name

Part 1:
Preliminary provisions

3Purpose of Act 4Interpretation 5Act binds the Crown

Part 2:
General

Part 3:
Overseas limited partnerships

104Overseas limited partnership must register 105Meaning of carrying on business 106Validity of transactions not affected 107Application for registration 108Registration of overseas limited partnership 109Use of name by overseas limited partnership 110Notification of changes relating to overseas limited partnership 111Rectification or correction of name or address of person authorised to accept service 112Annual return of overseas limited partnership 113Overseas limited partnership ceasing to carry on business in New Zealand 114Liquidation of overseas limited partnership

Part 4:
Miscellaneous

115Confidentiality of limited partner information 116Regulations 116AValidation of fees used to recover costs of other Companies Office registers, etc 117Part 2 of Partnership Act 1908 repealed 118Orders revoked 119Companies Act 1993 amended 120Privacy Act 1993 amended 121Other consequential amendments 122Transitional provision for special partnerships

Schedule 1:
Activities that do not constitute taking part in management of limited partnership

Schedule 2:
Information to be contained in annual return

Limited Partnerships Act 2008

General - Name of limited partnership or overseas limited partnership

34: Registrar may object to name

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"The Registrar can stop a name being used if it's not allowed by law."

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The Registrar checks the name of a limited partnership or overseas limited partnership before registering it. You cannot register a name that breaks a law or is too similar to a company name already registered under the Companies Act 1993. The Registrar also does not allow names that they think are offensive.

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33: Liability if name of limited partnership incorrectly stated, or

"You might have to pay a limited partnership's debts if you get their name wrong on a document."

35: Change of name, or

"How to change the name of a limited partnership"

Part 2General
Name of limited partnership or overseas limited partnership

34Registrar may object to name

The Registrar must not register a limited partnership or an overseas limited partnership with a name—
the use of which would contravene an enactment; or
that is identical to, or almost identical to, the name of a company registered under the Companies Act 1993 or another limited partnership or an overseas limited partnership registered under this Act; or
that, in the Registrar’s opinion, is offensive.