Paragraph 1 Main transitional provisions

A limited liability partnership that immediately before 1st October 2009 was registered and incorporated under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 is treated on and after that date as registered and incorporated under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000.

Anything done (including subordinate legislation made), or having effect as if done, under or for the purposes of any repealed Northern Ireland provision, if in force or effective immediately before 1st October 2009 has effect on and after that date as if done under or for the purposes of the corresponding UK provision.

Any reference (express or implied) in any enactment, instrument or document to a UK provision shall be construed (so far as the context permits) as including, as respects times, circumstances or purposes in relation to which the corresponding repealed Northern Ireland provision had effect, a reference to that corresponding provision.

Any reference (express or implied) in any enactment, instrument or document to a repealed Northern Ireland provision shall be construed (so far as the context permits), as respects times, circumstances and purposes in relation to which the corresponding UK provision has effect, as being or (according to the context) including a reference to that corresponding provision.

In this paragraph—

• “repealed Northern Ireland provision” means—

  1. (a)

     any provision of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act (Northern Ireland) 2002, or

  2. (b)

     any provision of an instrument made under that Act that is revoked with effect from 1st October 2009;

• “UK provision” means any provision made by or under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000 that on and after 1st October 2009 extends to the whole of the United Kingdom.

References in sub-paragraph (5) to provision made under an Act include provisions applied by any such provision.