(1) This section applies where -
(a) a person has become a general partner in a limited partnership otherwise than on its registration, and
(b) notice under section 8R of the person having done so has not been given within the period mentioned in subsection (11) of that section.
(2) The general partner may not take part in the management of the partnership business until notice is given under section 8R.
(3) If a general partner contravenes subsection (2) an offence is committed by -
(a) the general partner, and
(b) if the general partner is a legal entity, any of its managing officers who is in default.
(4) But it is a defence for a person charged with an offence under this section to prove that they reasonably believed that notice had been given under section 8R.
(5) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction -
(a) in England and Wales, to a fine;
(b) in Scotland or Northern Ireland, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale and, for
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