Partnership Act 1890: Primary legislation defining partnerships, establishing basic rights and obligations, default provisions for profit sharing and liability arrangements if not otherwise specified in agreement
Limited Partnerships Act 1907: Legislation governing the formation and operation of limited partnerships, relevant if considering a limited partnership structure
Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000: Legislation governing Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs), relevant if considering an LLP structure
Companies Act 2006: Key legislation relevant if any of the partnership parties are corporate entities
Business Names Act 1985: Legislation covering requirements and regulations for business name registration
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000: Relevant legislation if partnership involves any regulated financial activities
Income Tax Act 2007: Legislation governing tax treatment of partnerships and partnership income
Partnership (Accounts) Regulations 2008: Regulations specifying financial reporting requirements for partnerships
Competition Act 1998: Legislation ensuring partnership agreement complies with competition law requirements
Enterprise Act 2002: Additional competition law considerations for partnership arrangements
UK GDPR: Data protection regulations governing how partnership handles personal data
Data Protection Act 2018: UK's implementation of data protection requirements, relevant for handling personal information
