Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Limited Liability Partnerships (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009 and shall come into force on 1st October 2009.

(2) These Regulations extend to Scotland only.

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations–

“the 1986 Act” means the Insolvency Act 1986(1), and

“the principal regulations” means the Limited Liability Partnerships (Scotland) Regulations 2001(2).

Amendment of Schedule 2 to the principal regulations

3.  Schedule 2 to the principal regulations (provisions of the 1986 Act as applied to limited liability partnerships) is amended in accordance with Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

Amendment of Schedule 3 to the principal regulations

4.  Schedule 3 to the principal regulations (modifications to provisions of the 1986 Act as applied to limited liability partnerships) is amended in accordance with Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

FERGUS EWING

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

7th September 2009