S.I. No. 570/2001 - Limited Partnership Regulations, 2001

I, Noel Treacy, Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 17 of the Limited Partnership Act, 1907 (1907, c.24), as adapted by the Enterprise and Employment (Alteration of Names of Department and Title of Minister) Order, 1997 ( S.I. No. 305 of 1997 ), and the Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order, 1998 ( S.I. No. 265 of 1998 ), hereby order as follows:

1.   This Order may be cited as the as the Limited Partnership Regulations, 2001.

2.   These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 January, 2002.

3.   The Limited Partnerships Rules, 1907 (1907, No.1020) are hereby amended by the substitution for Rule 3 of the following Rule:

“3. The fees to be paid to the Registrar under the Act shall be as follows:

(a)     on the original registration of a limited partnership the sum of €2.50,

(b)     on the registration of a statement of any change within the meaning of section 9(1) of the Act occurring during the continuance of a limited partnership the sum of 30 cent,

(c)     by any person inspecting the statements filed by the Registrar in the Register Office the sum of 5 cent for each inspection,

(d)     by any person requiring a Certificate of the registration of any limited partnership or a certified copy of or extract from any registered statement the sum of 10 cent for each certificate and for such certified copy or extract the sum of 6 cent for each folio of seventy-two words.”

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal instrument)

The purpose of these Regulations is to set the level of fees, in euro amounts, to be paid in connection with certain provisions of the Limited Partnerships Act, 1907 with effect from 1 January, 2002.