Investment Limited Partnerships Act 1994

F121[Definitions and supplemental (Chapter 2)

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64. (1) In this Chapter

"exiting partnership" means an investment limited partnership that is the subject of the application under section 65 to have its authorisation revoked;

"relevant jurisdiction", in relation to an exiting partnership, means the place, outside the State, prescribed under subsection (2) in which the partnership proposes to be registered;

"transfer documents", in relation to an exiting partnership, means the following documents:

(a) a statutory declaration, in such form as may be specified by the Bank, of a general partner of the partnership made not more than 28 days before the date on which the application is made to the Bank to the effect that

(i) the partnership will, upon registration, continue as a partnership under the laws of the relevant jurisdiction,

(ii) no petition or other similar proceeding to wind up or liquidate the partnership has been notified to any general partner of it and remains outstanding in any place, and no order has been notified to any general partner of it or resolution adopted to wind up or liquidate the applicant in any place,

(iii) the appointment of a liquidator or other similar person to the partnership has not been notified to any general partner of it and, at the date of the declaration, no such person is acting in that capacity in any place with respect to the partnership or its property or any part of its property,

(iv) the partnership is not, at the date of the declaration, operating or carrying on business under any scheme, order, compromise or other similar arrangement entered into or made by any general partner of it in respect of the partnership with creditors in any place,

(v) the application for revocation of the authorisation of the partnership is not intended to defraud persons who are, at the date of the declaration, creditors of the partnership,

(vi) any consent or approval to the proposed revocation required by any contract entered into or undertaking given by any general partner of it in respect of the partnership has been obtained or waived, and

(vii) the revocation is permitted by the partnership agreement of the partnership;

(b) a declaration of solvency by a general partner in respect of the exiting partnership prepared in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 3;

(c) a copy of a resolution of the partners of the exiting partnership passed in accordance with the terms of the partnership agreement that approves the proposed revocation of the partnership’s authorisation and the migration of the partnership to the relevant jurisdiction.

(2) The Minister may make regulations prescribing places, outside the State, for the purposes of the definition of "relevant jurisdiction" in subsection (1), where he or she is satisfied that the law of the place concerned makes provision for partnerships that are substantially similar to exiting partnerships to continue under the laws of the State in a substantially similar manner to continuations under section 62 or for investment limited partnerships to continue under the laws of that place.]

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Inserted (1.02.2021) by Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Act 2020 (31/2020), s. 40, S.I. No. 19 of 2021.