17 CFR § 270.2a3-1 - Investment company limited partners not deemed affiliated persons.

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title: "17 CFR § 270.2a3-1 - Investment company limited partners not deemed affiliated persons."
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section_name: "Investment company limited partners not deemed affiliated persons."
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# 270.2a3-1 Investment company limited partners not deemed affiliated persons.

This § 270.2a3-1 excepts from the definition of affiliated person in section 2(a)(3)) (15 U.S.C. 80a-2(a)(3)) those limited partners of investment companies organized in limited partnership form that are affiliated persons solely because they are partners under section 2(a)(3)(D) (15 U.S.C. 80a-2(a)(3)(D)). Reliance on this § 270.2a3-1 does not except a limited partner that is an affiliated person by virtue of any other provision.

No limited partner of a registered management company or a business development company, organized as a limited partnership and relying on § 270.2a19-2, shall be deemed to be an affiliated person of such company, or any other partner of such company, solely by reason of being a limited partner of such company.

[58 FR 45838, Aug. 31, 1993]