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Limited Partnerships Act 2008

General - Name of limited partnership or overseas limited partnership

36: Registrar may change name

You could also call this:

"The Registrar can make a limited partnership change its name if it doesn't follow the rules."

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The Registrar can tell a limited partnership to change its name if they think it was registered with a name it should not have. You will be given a certain amount of time to apply for a new name that follows the rules of this Act. The Registrar's instruction must be in writing and give you at least 20 working days to apply for the name change.

If you do not change the name within the given time, the Registrar can change it for you by updating the register. The Registrar will then give you a new certificate with the updated name. When the Registrar gives you a new name, the rules about changing names in section 35(4) still apply.

The Registrar will make sure everything is updated and you have the correct paperwork with your new name.

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Part 2General
Name of limited partnership or overseas limited partnership

36Registrar may change name

  1. If the Registrar believes on reasonable grounds that a limited partnership has been registered with a name with which it ought not to have been registered, the Registrar may direct the limited partnership to apply to change its name within the time specified to a name that complies with this Act.

  2. A direction by the Registrar under subsection (1) must—

  3. be in writing; and
    1. specify a date for the application for a change of name that is not less than 20 working days after the date on which the direction was served on the limited partnership.

      1. If the limited partnership does not, within the time specified in the direction, apply to change its name to a name that complies with this Act, the Registrar may change its name by amending the register.

      2. If the Registrar registers a new name under subsection (3) for a limited partnership, the Registrar must issue a certificate of registration for the limited partnership recording the new name of the limited partnership, and section 35(4) applies in relation to the new name as if the name of the limited partnership had been changed under that section.