4.1. Address of registered office etc.

4.1.1. This rule applies to the following addresses, as set out in an application for registration or notification of a change in Registered Details:

• (a) the address of the registered office of a General Partnership;
• (b) the address for service of a Recognised Partnership in the AIFC;
• (c) the address of a Person authorised to accept service of any Document on behalf of a Recognised Partnership.

4.1.2. The address must include the following details, so far as they are applicable:

• (a) the name (or number) of the building;
• (b) the floor or level of that building.

4.1.3. The address must consist of a location address and, if different, a postal address.

4.1-1. Registered email address

(1)  This rule applies to the registered email address as set out in an application for incorporation or notification given to the Registrar of Companies, under the AIFC General Partnership Regulations.

(2)  The registered email address must at all times be an appropriate email address.

(3)  An email address is an “appropriate email address” if, in the ordinary course of events, emails sent to it by the Registrar would be expected to come to the attention of a Person acting on behalf of the General Partnership or Recognised Partnership.

(4)  The notification of change of a partnership’s registered email address must include a statement that the new email address is an appropriate email address within the meaning given by subrule (3).

4.2. Public registers of partnerships

4.2.1. The Registrar of Companies must, in the relevant register kept by the Registrar under section 59 (Public registers of partnerships) of the AIFC General Partnership Regulations, record the following details, so far as relevant, in relation to each General Partnership or Recognised Partnership that is, or has been, registered in the AIFC:

• (a) the partnership’s current registered name or, if the partnership is no longer registered, its last registered name;
• (aa) the registered email address;
• (b) the partnership’s identification number;
• (c) the partnership’s date of registration and, if the partnership is no longer registered, the date it ceased to be registered;
• (d) the partnership’s former registered names;
• (e) the date of registration of every change of name;
• (f) the partnership’s current registered office or, if the partnership is no longer registered, its last registered office;
• (g) the partnership’s former registered offices;
• (h) the date of registration of every change of registered office;
• (i) the current partners or, if the partnership is no longer registered, the last partners;
• (k) the dates of registration of the current or last partners;
• (l) the former partners;
• (m) the dates of registration and cessation of the former partners;
• (n) for a Recognised Partnership—the jurisdiction in which the partnership was formed;
• (o) for a Recognised Partnership—the address for service of a Recognised Partnership in the AIFC;
• (oa) the registered email address;
• (p) the partnership’s financial year end.

4.2.2. The Registrar of Companies must, in the register of General Partnerships kept by the Registrar under section 59 (Public registers of partnerships) of the AIFC General Partnership Regulations, record the following details, so far as relevant, in relation to each partner or former partner of each General Partnership that is, or has been, registered in the AIFC:

• (a) the partner’s full name;
• (b) if the partner has a former name (including, for an individual, any former given or family)— the former name or, if the partner has 2 or more former names, each former name;
• (c) the partner’s date and place of birth, incorporation, formation or registration, as the case may be;
• (d) the partner’s address or, if the partner has 2 or more addresses, each address;
• (e) if the partner has had a former address within the last 5 years—the address or, if the partner has had 2 or more former addresses within that period, each former address.

4.3. Evidence of matters

4.3.1. A certificate that appears to be signed by or on behalf of the Registrar of Companies, and states any matter that appears in a register kept by the Registrar under section 59 of the AIFC General Partnership Regulations, is evidence of the matter.

4.3.2. The Court must accept a certificate under subrule 4.3.1 as proof of the matters stated in it if there is no evidence to the contrary.

4.3.3. A Document that appears to be a copy of the certificate of registration of a General Partnership or Recognised Partnership, and to be certified by the Registrar of Companies, is evidence of the matters stated in it.

4.3.4. The Court must accept a Document mentioned in subrule 4.3.3 as evidence of the matters stated in it unless the contrary is established.

4.3-1. Retention

All Documents filed with the Registrar must be retained by the Registrar for a minimum of six years from the date of filing, irrespective of the status of the General Partnership to which such Documents relate.

4.4. Fine limits

The maximum fine that may be imposed on a Person by the Registrar of Companies for a Contravention of a provision of the AIFC General Partnership Regulations mentioned in column 2 of an item of Schedule 1 (Fine limits) is the amount specified in column 4 of the item.