Section 16: Reservation of limited partnership name

16. Reservation of limited partnership name (1) An application for reservation of the name of a limited partnership may be made to the Registrar in such form and manner as he may approve. (2) The Registrar shall not reserve a name— (a) which, or the use of which, would contravene an enactment; (b) which, by virtue of section 15, cannot be registered; (c) which is identical or almost identical to a name that the Registrar has already reserved under this Act or the Companies Act and which is still available for registration; or (d) which, in the opinion of the Registrar, is offensive or misleading. (3) The Registrar shall inform the applicant by such means of communication as he considers appropriate— (a) whether or not the name has been reserved; and (b) where the name has been reserved, that unless the reservation is sooner revoked by the Registrar, the name shall be available for registration of a limited partnership with that name or registration of a change of name, as the case may be, for not more than 2 months from the date the applicant is informed. (4) The reservation of a name under this section shall not by itself entitle the proposed limited partnership to be registered under that name, either originally or on a change of name.