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Version date: 1 October 2013 - onwards
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Regulation 3 Qualifying partnerships

(1) A "qualifying partnership" is a partnership formed under the law of any part of the United Kingdom each of whose members or, in the case of a limited partnership, each of whose general partners is -

(a) a limited company;

(b) an unlimited company each of whose members is a limited company;

(c) a Scottish partnership which is not a limited partnership, each of whose members is a limited company; or

(d) a Scottish partnership which is a limited partnership, each of whose general partners is a limited company.

(2) Each reference in paragraph (1) to a limited company includes a reference to any comparable undertaking incorporated in a country or territory outside the United Kingdom.

(3) The reference in paragraph (1)(b) to an unlimited company includes a reference to any comparable undertaking incorporated in a country or territory outside the United Kingdom.

(4) The reference in paragraph (1)(c) to a Scottish partnership which is not a limited partnership includes a reference to any undertaking comparable to such a Scottish partnership incorporated in or formed under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom.