Regulation 4

In these Regulations:

• “the 1985 Act” means the Companies Act 1985 and any reference to a numbered section is a reference to a section of that Act;

• “the 2000 Act” means the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000^f1 and any reference to a numbered section is a reference to a section of that Act;

• “an annual return” means a document required to be submitted by a limited liability partnership to the registrar of companies under section 363 of the 1985 Act as applied to limited liability partnerships by the Limited Liability Partnerships Regulations 2001;

• “the Companies Acts” has the meaning contained in section 744 of the 1985 Act as extended by regulation 4 of the Limited Liability Partnerships Regulations 2001;

• “the register” means the register kept by the registrar of companies for the purposes of the Companies Acts.