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Limited Partnerships Act 2008
2: Commencement

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of fees used to recover costs of other Companies Office registers, etc 117Part 2 of Partnership Act 1908 repealed 118Orders revoked 119Companies Act 1993 amended 120Privacy Act 1993 amended 121Other consequential amendments 122Transitional provision for special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

2: Commencement

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"When the Limited Partnerships Act 2008 starts to apply, as decided by the Governor-General."

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This Act starts on a date chosen by the Governor-General. You can find out when this happens through an Order in Council. The Governor-General's order is a type of secondary legislation, which you can learn more about in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

The order will be published, and this is how you will know when the Act starts. This publication is a requirement for secondary legislation. You can find more information about this in the Legislation Act 2019.

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1: Title, or

"The name of this law is the Limited Partnerships Act 2008."

3: Purpose of Act, or

"This law sets rules for a new type of business partnership in New Zealand."

2Commencement

This Act comes into force on a date to be appointed by the Governor-General by Order in Council.
An order under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

Notes

Section 2: Limited Partnerships Act 2008 brought into force, on 2 May 2008, by clause 2 of the Limited Partnerships Act 2008 Commencement Order 2008 (SR 2008/92).
Section 2(2): inserted, on 28 October 2021, by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).