25.—(1) The following provisions apply where the LLP was dissolved or struck off the register before 1st October 2009.U.K.
(2) In section 1029 (application to court for restoration to register), as applied to LLPs, the references in subsection (1) to enactments under which an LLP may have been dissolved or struck off include corresponding earlier enactments as applied to LLPs (and for this purpose sections 1000 and 1003 of the Companies Act 2006 are regarded as corresponding to sections 652 and 652A of the 1985 Act and Articles 603 and 603A of the 1986 Order).
(3) No application under section 1029 as applied to LLPs may be made if an application in respect of the same dissolution or striking off has been made under section 653 of the 1985 Act or Article 604 of the 1986 Order (objection to striking off by person aggrieved) as applied to LLPs, and has not been withdrawn.
(4) Section 1030(4) (general time limit of six years) as applied to LLPs does not enable an application to be made in respect of an LLP dissolved before 1st October 2007, subject to sub-paragraphs (5) and (6).
(5) If the LLP was struck off under section 652 or 652A of the 1985 Act or Article 603 or 603A of the 1986 Order as applied to LLPs, section 1030(4) as applied to LLPs does not prevent an application being made at any time before—
(a)1st October 2015 (that is, six years after commencement), or
(b)the expiration of the period of 20 years from publication in the Gazette of notice under the relevant section or Article,
whichever occurs first.
(6) Section 1030(5) (extension of period for application where application for administrative restoration refused), as applied to LLPs, applies in relation to the time limit under sub-paragraph (5) above as in relation to the time limit in section 1030(4).