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Partnership Act 1892 No 12

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13 January 2023 13 January 2023 2022 No 59
11 December 2020 11 December 2020 2020 No 30
15 June 2018 15 June 2018 2018 No 28
07 December 2017 07 December 2017 2017 No 63
08 June 2017 08 June 2017 2017 No 22
28 May 2012 28 May 2012 2011 No 44
06 July 2009 06 July 2009 2007 No 94
01 November 2007 01 November 2007 2007 No 43
10 December 2004 10 December 2004 2004 No 91
05 October 2004 05 October 2004 2002 No 97
05 April 2004 05 April 2004 2004 No 8
15 July 2001 15 July 2001 2001 No 34

Partnership Act 1892 (55 Vic No 12)

Assented to 20.02.1892.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2022 No 59

Assented to 26.10.2022.

Date of commencement, 13.1.2023, sec 2.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 No 30

Assented to 27.10.2020.

Date of commencement of amendments made by Sch 2.29, 11.12.2020, sec 2(3).

Miscellaneous Acts Amendment (Marriages) Act 2018 No 28

Assented to 15.06.2018.

Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2017 No 63

Assented to 23.11.2017.

Date of commencement of Sch 1.14, 14 days after assent, sec 2 (1).

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2017 No 22

Assented to 01.06.2017.

Date of commencement of Sch 4, 7 days after assent, sec 2 (1).

Business Names (Commonwealth Powers) Act 2011 No 44

Assented to 20.09.2011.

Date of commencement of Sch 3, 28.5.2012, sec 2 and 2012 (209) LW 25.5.2012.

Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007 No 94

Assented to 13.12.2007.

Date of commencement of Sch 4, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.

Partnership Amendment (Venture Capital) Act 2007 No 43

Assented to 01.11.2007.

Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2004 No 91

Assented to 10.12.2004.

Date of commencement of Sch 2.63, assent, sec 2 (2).

Partnership Amendment (Venture Capital Funds) Act 2004 No 8

Assented to 17.03.2004.

Date of commencement, 5.4.2004, sec 2 and GG No 69 of 2.4.2004, p 1797.

Business Names Act 2002 No 97

Assented to 29.11.2002.

Date of commencement of Sch 1.8, 5.10.2004, sec 2 (1) and GG No 149 of 24.9.2004, p 7607.

Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001 No 34

Assented to 28.06.2001.

Date of commencement of Sch 4.43, 15.7.2001, sec 2 (1) and Commonwealth Gazette No S 285 of 13.7.2001.

Partnership Amendment Act 1998 No 36

Assented to 15.06.1998.

Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994 No 32

Assented to 02.06.1994.

Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2.

Partnership (Limited Partnership) Amendment Act 1991 No 48

Assented to 11.12.1991.

Date of commencement, 1.5.1992, sec 2 and GG No 55 of 1.5.1992, p 2987.

Supreme Court Act 1970 No 52

Assented to 14.10.1970.

Date of commencement, Part 9 excepted, 1.7.1972, sec 2 (1) and GG No 59 of 2.6.1972, p 2018.

Amending legislation

Supreme Court (Amendment) Act 1972 No 41

Assented to 11.04.1972.

Decimal Currency Act 1965 No 33

Assented to 20.12.1965.

Date of commencement of sec 4, 14.2.1966, secs 1 (3), 2 (1) and the Currency Act 1965 (Commonwealth), sec 2 (2).

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Part 1

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 2 (2).

Sec 1A

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 2 (2).

Sec 1B

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 2 (2). Am 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [1] [2].

Sec 1C

Ins 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [3].

Part 2, heading

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 2 (2).

Part 2, Div 1, heading

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 2 (2).

Sec 1

Am 1991 No 48, Sch 2 (3); 2001 No 34, Sch 4.43 [1]; 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [4].

Sec 2

Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch; 1994 No 32, Sch 3; 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [5]; 2018 No 28, Sch 1.26.

Sec 3

Am 1965 No 33, First Sch; 1994 No 32, Sch 3.

Sec 4

Am 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [6] [7].

Part 2, Div 2, heading

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 2 (4).

Sec 5

Am 1994 No 32, Sch 3; 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [8] [9].

Sec 6

Am 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [10]–[12]

Sec 7

Am 1994 No 32, Sch 3; 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [13] [14].

Sec 8

Am 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [15] [16].

Sec 9

Am 1994 No 32, Sch 3; 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [17]–[19].

Sec 10

Am 1994 No 32, Sch 3; 1998 No 36, Sch 1 [1] [2]; 2001 No 34, Sch 4.43 [2]; 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [20]–[22].

Sec 11

Am 1994 No 32, Sch 3; 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [23] [24].

Sec 12

Am 1994 No 32, Sch 3; 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [25] [26].

Sec 13

Am 1994 No 32, Sch 3; 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [27] [28].

Sec 14

Am 1994 No 32, Sch 3; 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [29] [30].

Sec 15

Am 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [31] [32].

Sec 16

Am 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [33] [34].

Sec 17

Am 1994 No 32, Sch 3. Subst 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [35].

Sec 18

Am 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [36].

Part 2, Div 3, heading

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 2 (5).

Sec 20

Am 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [37].

Sec 20A

Ins 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [38].

Sec 22

Am 1994 No 32, Sch 3; 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [39].

Sec 23

Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch); 1994 No 32, Sch 3; 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [40].

Sec 24

Am 1994 No 32, Sch 3; 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [41].

Sec 26

Am 1994 No 32, Sch 3; 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [42].

Sec 27

Am 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [43].

Sec 28

Am 1994 No 32, Sch 3; 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [44] [45].

Sec 29

Am 1994 No 32, Sch 3; 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [46].

Sec 30

Am 1994 No 32, Sch 3; 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [47].

Sec 31

Am 1994 No 32, Sch 3; 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [48].

Part 2, Div 4, heading

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 2 (6).

Sec 31A

Ins 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [49].

Secs 32, 33

Am 1994 No 32, Sch 3.

Sec 35

Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch; 1994 No 32, Sch 3.

Sec 36

Am 1994 No 32, Sch 3; 2020 No 30, Sch 2.29.

Sec 37

Am 1994 No 32, Sch 3.

Sec 38

Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch; 1994 No 32, Sch 3.

Sec 39

Am 1994 No 32, Sch 3.

Sec 40

Am 1970 No 52, Second Sch (am 1972 No 41, Second Sch).

Secs 41, 42, 44

Am 1994 No 32, Sch 3.

Sec 45

Rep 1991 No 48, Sch 2 (7).

Part 2, Div 5, heading

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 2 (8).

Sec 48

Rep 1991 No 48, Sch 2 (9).

Part 3, heading

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1. Am 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [50].

Part 3

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1.

Part 3, Div 1

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1.

Sec 49

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1. Am 2002 No 97, Sch 1.8 [1]; 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [51]–[53]; 2011 No 44, Sch 3.14 [1]; 2017 No 22, Sch 4.31 [1] [2]; 2022 No 59, Sch 3.49.

Sec 50

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1. Subst 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [54].

Part 3, Div 2, heading

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1. Am 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [55].

Part 3, Div 2

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1.

Sec 50A

Ins 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [56].

Sec 51

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1. Subst 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [57].

Sec 52

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1. Am 2001 No 34, Sch 4.43 [3]; 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [58] [59].

Sec 53

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1. Subst 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [60].

Secs 53A–53C

Ins 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [60].

Part 3, Div 3, heading

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1. Am 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [61].

Part 3, Div 3

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1.

Sec 53D

Ins 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [62]. Am 2007 No 43, Sch 1 [1].

Sec 54

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1. Am 1994 No 32, Sch 3. Subst 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [63]. Am 2007 No 43, Sch 1 [2].

Sec 55

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1. Am 2002 No 97, Sch 1.8 [2]; 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [64]–[67]; 2004 No 91, Sch 2.63; 2011 No 44, Sch 3.14 [2].

Sec 55A

Ins 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [68].

Sec 56

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1. Am 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [69]–[72].

Sec 57

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1. Am 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [73] [74].

Sec 58

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1. Subst 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [75].

Sec 59

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1. Am 2002 No 97, Sch 1.8 [3]; 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [76] [77]; 2004 No 91, Sch 2.63; 2011 No 44, Sch 3.14 [3].

Part 3, Div 4, heading

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1. Am 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [78].

Part 3, Div 4

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1.

Sec 60

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1. Am 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [79] [80].

Secs 61–63

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1. Am 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [81].

Sec 64

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1. Am 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [81]–[84].

Sec 64A

Ins 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [85].

Secs 65, 66

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1.

Part 3, Div 4A (secs 66A–66E)

Ins 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [86].

Part 3, Div 5

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1.

Sec 67

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1. Am 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [81] [88] [89].

Sec 67A

Ins 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [90]. Am 2007 No 43, Sch 1 [3].

Sec 67B

Ins 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [90].

Sec 68

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1. Am 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [91] [92].

Sec 69

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1. Am 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [92]–[95].

Part 3, Div 6, heading

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1. Am 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [96].

Part 3, Div 6

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1.

Sec 70

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1. Am 1994 No 32, Sch 3; 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [97] [98].

Secs 71–73

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1.

Sec 73A

Ins 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [99].

Secs 73B–73D

Ins 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [100].

Sec 73E

Ins 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [100]. Am 2007 No 43, Sch 1 [4].

Part 3, Div 7

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1.

Sec 74

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1.

Sec 75

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1. Am 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [101] [102].

Sec 76

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1. Am 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [103].

Sec 77

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1. Am 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [104].

Sec 78

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1. Am 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [105].

Sec 79

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1.

Sec 80

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1. Am 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [106]; 2007 No 94, Sch 4.

Secs 80A, 80B

Ins 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [107].

Sec 81

Ins 1991 No 48, Sch 1. Am 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [108]; 2017 No 63, Sch 1.14.

Sec 81A

Ins 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [109].

Part 4

Ins 1998 No 36, Sch 1 [3].

Sec 82

Ins 1998 No 36, Sch 1 [3].

Sec 83

Ins 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [110].

Sch 1

Ins 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [110]. Am 2007 No 43, Sch 1 [5].

Sch 2

Ins 2004 No 8, Sch 1 [110]. Am 2007 No 43, Sch 1 [6]–[9].

The whole Act (italicised headings before sections)

Am 1991 No 48, Sch 2 (1) (italicised headings before secs 1, 5, 19, 32 and 45 omitted).

Partnership Bill 1892

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