(b) That's right. It is possible to discover whether the partnership you are dealing with is a limited partnership because such partnerships cannot be created informally: the Partnership Acts require that they must be registered. An application for registration is lodged with the Registrar. It must contain a business name of the partnership; relevant details about all the partners, including whether they are general or limited partners; and what contribution each has agreed to make to the business. The Registrar issues a certificate of registration to the general partners, which certifies the registration of the partnership and contains the relevant details.

The relevant information must be kept up to date, by notifying the Registrar of any changes. In this way, third parties can ascertain the liabilities of who they are dealing with.

If a limited partnership is dissolved, for example, by agreement or because it is transformed into a different kind of business organisation, the general partners must notify the Registrar of this fact and the dissolution will be recorded in the register.