{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-and-limited-liability-partnerships-filing-requirements-regulations-2016/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-and-limited-liability-partnerships-filing-requirements-regulations-2016/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/599",
  "legislation_title": "The Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (Filing Requirements) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/companies-and-limited-liability-partnerships-filing-requirements-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Companies Act 2006;\n“the 2009 Regulations” means the Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of the Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009;\n“annual return” means a return described in section 854 of the Act;\n“LLP” means a limited liability partnership registered under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000;\n“registrar” has the meaning given in section 1060 of the Act; and\n“return date” has the meaning given in section 854(2) of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2009/1804, amended by S.I. 2015/664; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/599/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:23:17.070857+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}