
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Regulatory Reform (Removal of 20 Member Limit in Partnerships etc.) Order 2002, and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
(2) This Order extends to Great Britain.
2 
Sections 716 (general partnerships etc.: limit on number of members) and 717 (limited partnerships: limit on number of members) of the Companies Act 1985 are hereby repealed.
3 
Section 4(2) of the Limited Partnerships Act 1907 is hereby amended by omitting the words “shall not consist of more than twenty persons, and”.
4 
Section 127(3) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (20 member limit in section 716 Companies Act 1985 not to apply to employers' associations) is hereby repealed.
Melanie Johnson,
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Competition, Consumers and Markets,
Department of Trade and Industry
20th December 2002