Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Partnership Act 1958 - SECT 54

Application for registration

54. Application for registration





(1) An application for the registration as a limited partnership of a
partnership is made by lodging with the Director in accordance with this Part
a statement signed by each partner or proposed partner.

(2) The statement must be in the form approved by the Director and must
contain the following particulars-

   (a)  the firm-name;

   (b)  particulars of the order under Division 2 designating the partnership;

   (c)  the full address in Victoria of the office or, if there is more than
        one office, the principal office, of the firm (to be called the
        registered office of the partnership);

   (d)  the full name of each partner or, if the partner is a partnership, the
        name of the firm or, if the firm does not have a name, the full name
        of each partner in the firm;

   (e)  the full address of each partner, being (in the case of an individual)
        his or her principal place of residence or (in the case of a body
        corporate) its registered office or principal place of business or (in
        the case of a partnership) its registered office or principal office;

   (f)  a statement in relation to each partner as to whether that partner is
        a general partner or a limited partner;

   (fa) a statement in relation to each partner that is a partnership to the
        effect that the partner is a partnership;

   (g)  a statement in relation to each limited partner to the effect that he
        or she, or it, is a limited partner whose liability to contribute is
        limited to the extent of the amount specified in the statement (being
        the amount of any capital, or the value of any property, that the
        limited partner has agreed to contribute to the partnership);

   (h)  a statement, in relation to each limited partner, of the amount of any
        capital and the value of any property (or, in the case of a limited
        partner that is a partnership, the aggregate amounts of capital or
        values of property) that the partner has agreed to contribute to the
        partnership, showing separately the amount or value actually
        contributed and the amount or value outstanding (or, in the case of a
        limited partner that is a partnership, the aggregate amounts or values
        actually contributed and the aggregate amounts or values outstanding);

        (i)    such other particulars as are required by the regulations or by
               the approved form of statement.