Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Limited Liability Partnerships (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 1^st October 2006 (“the commencement date”).

Regulation 2 has effect as respects financial years which begin on or after 1^st January 2006 and which end on or after the commencement date.

In these Regulations—

• “the 1986 Order” means the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986^f1

• “the 1989 Order” means the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989^f2, and

• “the principal regulations” means the Limited Liability Partnerships Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004^f3.