The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009

Minor definitions

79.  Section 1173 applies to LLPs for the purposes of these Regulations, modified so that it reads as follows—

“Minor definitions: general

1173.— (1) In this Act—

“body corporate” and “corporation” include a body incorporated outside the United Kingdom, but do not include—

(a)

a corporation sole, or

(b)

a partnership that, whether or not a legal person, is not regarded as a body corporate under the law by which it is governed;

“the Companies Acts” is to be construed in accordance with section 2;

“firm” means any entity, whether or not a legal person, that is not an individual and includes a body corporate, a corporation sole and a partnership or other unincorporated association;

“the Gazette” means—

(a)

as respects LLPs registered in England and Wales, the London Gazette,

(b)

as respects LLPs registered in Scotland, the Edinburgh Gazette, and

(c)

as respects LLPs registered in Northern Ireland, the Belfast Gazette;

“LLP” means a limited liability partnership registered under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000 (c. 12);

“LLP agreement” means any agreement, express or implied, between the members of the LLP or between the LLP and the members of the LLP which determines the mutual rights and duties of the members, and their rights and duties in relation to the LLP;

“officer”, in relation to a body corporate, includes a director, manager or secretary;

“working day”, in relation to an LLP, means a day that is not a Saturday or Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or any day that is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 (c. 80) in the part of the United Kingdom where the LLP is registered.

(2) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, “enactment” includes—

(a) an enactment contained in subordinate legislation within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30),

(b) an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament, and

(c) an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, Northern Ireland legislation within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978.”.