Partnership Law Act 2019

Schedule 2: Minor amendments to clarify Parliament’s intent or reconcile inconsistencies

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"Small fixes to make the Partnership Law Act 2019 easier to understand and use"

This schedule explains changes made to the Partnership Law Act 2019 from the old Partnership Act 1908. These changes are meant to make the law clearer and fix any inconsistencies.

Some of the changes include updating terms, like changing "trust money" to "trust property" and replacing "retiring partner" with "partner who leaves the firm". The law also now talks about partnership "records" instead of "books", and says these records should be "reasonably available" at the main business location.

Other changes make the law work better with current practices. For example, it now talks about receiving notice instead of communicating it, and it uses newer terms for mental health issues. The law also makes it clear that all partners must agree to end a partnership in certain situations, and it updates how partners should notify the public when a partnership ends.

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2Minor amendments to clarify Parliament’s intent or reconcile inconsistencies Empowered by s 4(2)

The following table is medium in size and has 3 columns. Column 1 is headed Provision of this Act, column 2 is headed Provision of Partnership Act 1908, and column 3 is headed Nature of intended change.
Provision of this Act Provision of Partnership Act 1908 Nature of intended change
Section 26 Section 16(b)

The provision relating to improper use of trust property for partnership purposes is amended to consistently refer to trust property as opposed to trust money.

Sections 32 and 33 (and section 7(2)) Sections 20(2) and (3) and 39(3)

The provisions relating to liability of a partner who leaves a firm have been amended by replacing the references to a “partner who retires” and “a retiring partner” (and similar references) with references to leaving the firm (in combination with a definition of leaves in section 7(2)).

Section 42(1)(a) Section 26(2) The provision relating to charging a partner’s interest for their separate debt is amended to omit a reference to an application by summons.
Section 42(3) Section 26(2A)

The provision relating to the power of the District Court to charge a partner’s interest for their separate judgment debt has been extended in section 42(3) to allow directions to be given if a judgment creditor applies for an order or a direction.

Sections 52 and 57 Sections 27(i) and 34 The provisions about access to, and inspection of, the partnership books are amended to refer to the partnership’s records. In addition, the provision about keeping those records at the place or principal place of business of the partnership is amended to refer to the records being reasonably available at that place.
Section 66 Section 35 The provision about notice of dissolution is amended to refer to the date on which notice is received rather than the date of communication.
Section 70(2) Section 36(2)

The provision relating to how a partnership may be dissolved if a partner’s interest in property is charged is amended in section 70(2) to clarify that the decision by the other partners to dissolve the partnership must be unanimous.

Section 72(a) Section 38

The provision relating to how a court may dissolve a partnership has been updated to remove a reference to being found to be mentally disordered by inquisition. The terminology is updated to align with the wording in section 14(1)(a) of the Senior Courts Act 2016.

Section 73(1)(b)(i) Section 38(a)

The provision relating to an application to a court to dissolve a partnership has been updated to refer to a manager appointed under the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988, rather than to a committee.

Section 74 Section 40

The provision relating to public notification of a partnership being dissolved has been updated and clarified to require the partners to consent to, and co-operate with, the notification process (rather than requiring concurrence).


References to a “partner who retires” and “a retiring partner” have been updated to refer to leaving a firm (in combination with a definition of leaves in section 7(2)).