Limited Partnerships (Jersey) Law 1994

Summary

This is Jersey's principal statute governing limited partnerships, administered through a registrar appointed under the Law (with the Jersey Financial Services Commission also playing a role, including fee publication). It sets out how limited partnerships are formed, registered, run, and dissolved, and creates ongoing filing and record-keeping duties for general partners.

• Formation and registration: A limited partnership only comes into existence once a declaration signed by each general partner is delivered to the registrar and a certificate is issued; the declaration must state the partnership's name, registered office and general partners' details.
• Ongoing filings: General partners must notify the registrar of any change to registered declaration particulars within 21 days, and must deliver an annual confirmation of key particulars and solvency/winding-up status to the registrar each year.
• Registered office and records: Every limited partnership must maintain a registered office in Jersey and keep specified partner registers, the declaration, the partnership agreement and financial statements there, updated within 21 days of any change.
• Accounts: Limited partnerships must keep accounting records sufficient to explain transactions and show the partnership's financial position, though an audit is not required unless the partnership agreement or Regulations say otherwise.
• Naming and continuance: A limited partnership's name must end in 'Limited Partnership', 'L.P.' or 'LP', and Part 2A allows eligible foreign limited partnerships to apply to continue as Jersey limited partnerships.
• Fees and enforcement: An annual administration fee is payable under Article 30A, and failure to comply with key duties (declaration amendments, annual confirmation, registered office, accounts) is an offence carrying fines, with continued default able to trigger dissolution by the registrar.

The version summarised here is the consolidated text current from 17 April 2026, reflecting amendments including the 2026 insertion of the foreign limited partnership continuance regime in Part 2A. Practitioners should check the point-in-time version applicable to any historical filing.

Key obligations

• General partners must deliver a signed declaration to the registrar before a limited partnership can be formed, stating name, registered office and general partner details
• Any change to particulars stated in the declaration (other than registered office changes) must be notified to the registrar within 21 days of the change occurring
• A general partner or nominated person must deliver an annual confirmation to the registrar between 1 January and the end of February each year following registration, confirming particulars and continuing/wind-up status
• A limited partnership must maintain a registered office in Jersey, and the occupier of the premises must authorise use of the premises as the registered office
• Prescribed registers, the declaration, the partnership agreement and financial statements must be kept at the registered office and amended within 21 days of any change in particulars
• A limited partnership must keep accounting records sufficient to show and explain its transactions and disclose its financial position with reasonable accuracy
• The limited partnership's name must end with 'Limited Partnership', 'L.P.' or 'LP' and must not be misleading
• An annual administration fee must be paid under Article 30A
• Failure to comply with these obligations is an offence and may, on continued default after 30 days' notice, lead to dissolution of the partnership by the registrar

Applies to

limited partnerships, general partners, limited partners, nominated persons, eligible foreign limited partnerships

Deadlines

• within 21 days after the change is made or occurs: General partner must deliver a statement to the registrar specifying any change to declaration particulars
• 1 January to end of February each year following registration: Annual confirmation must be delivered to the registrar (or any other prescribed period)
• within 21 days of any change in the particulars: Registers and records kept at the registered office must be amended
• 30 days' notice of default: Period the registrar must give a general partner before continued default provisions (leading to possible dissolution) apply
• 17 April 2026: Date from which this consolidated version of the Law (including Part 2A on eligible foreign limited partnerships) is current

Related documents

• Limited Partnerships (General Provisions) (Jersey) Order 1994 is made under this document
• Limited Partnerships (Annual Additional Charge) (Jersey) Regulations 2012 is made under this document