Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6A · Register of Controllers
54. Central register of controllers
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This section applies where the Minister, by notification in the Gazette, directs the Registrar to maintain a central register of controllers of limited liability partnerships.
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Limited Liability Partnerships appointed under section 3(2)(a) and includes any Deputy Registrar or Assistant Registrar appointed under section 3(2)(b);
Where the Minister has directed the Registrar to maintain a central register of controllers of limited liability partnerships under subsection (1) —
register of controllers
“register of controllers” or “register”, in relation to a limited liability partnership to which this Part applies, means the register that the limited liability partnership is required to keep of its registrable controllers under section 47(1), (2) or (3);
the Registrar must keep a central register of controllers consisting of the particulars contained in the registers kept by limited liability partnerships to which this Part applies; and
the Registrar may require any limited liability partnership to which this Part applies to lodge with the Registrar —
all particulars contained in the limited liability partnership’s register maintained under section 47 (including the matters mentioned in section 47A(3)); and
all updates to the limited liability partnership’s register that occur after the lodgment of the particulars under sub‑paragraph (i).
Where the Registrar requires a limited liability partnership to lodge with the Registrar the particulars, matters and updates mentioned in subsection (2)(b), the limited liability partnership must lodge the particulars, matters and updates in the prescribed form and manner and within the prescribed time.
limited liability partnership
“limited liability partnership” has the meaning given by section 4(1);
If a limited liability partnership fails to comply with subsection (3), the limited liability partnership, and every partner of the limited liability partnership who is in default, shall each be guilty of an offence and shall each be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $25,000.
partner
“partner”, in relation to a limited liability partnership, means any person who has been admitted as a partner in the limited liability partnership in accordance with the limited liability partnership agreement;
Subject to subsection (6), the Registrar must not disclose, or make available for inspection, the central register of controllers of limited liability partnerships kept by the Registrar under this section to any member of the public.
The Registrar may disclose prescribed information in the central register of controllers of limited liability partnerships to prescribed persons under prescribed circumstances.
To avoid doubt, different information and persons may be prescribed under subsection (6) for different prescribed circumstances.[32M