PART 1GENERAL INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS

Interpretation

3.—(1) In these Regulations—

“1985 Act” means the Companies Act 1985,

“1986 Order” means the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986, and

“LLP” means a limited liability partnership formed under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000 or the Limited Liability Partnerships Act (Northern Ireland) 2002(1).

(2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

(a)any reference to a numbered Part, section or Schedule is to the Part, section or Schedule so numbered in the Companies Act 2006,

(b)references in provisions applied to LLPs to other provisions of the Companies Act 2006 are to those provisions as applied to LLPs by these Regulations, and

(c)references in provisions applied to LLPs to provisions of the Insolvency Act 1986(2) or the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989(3) are to those provisions as applied to LLPs by the Limited Liability Partnerships Regulations 2001(4) or the Limited Liability Partnerships Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004(5).