Section 143 — Voluntary deregistration of limited partnership

After section 25 of the Limited Partnerships Act 1907 (inserted by section 141 of this Act) insert—Voluntary deregistration of limited partnership26 (1) The registrar must deregister a limited partnership if a statement is delivered to the registrar which is authenticated by or on behalf of each partner confirming that they want the limited partnership to be deregistered. (2) The registrar deregisters the limited partnership by publishing a notice in the Gazette of the limited partnership’s deregistration (a “deregistration notice”). (3) The deregistration notice must state— (a) the firm name of the limited partnership, and (b) the limited partnership’s registration number. (4) On the publication of the deregistration notice, the limited partnership ceases to be registered as a limited partnership under this Act (but this does not prevent any ongoing relationship from being a partnership).