Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations:

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

• “the 2002 Act” means the Limited Liability Partnerships Act (Northern Ireland) 2002^f1;

• “an annual return” means a document required to be submitted by a limited liability partnership to the registrar under Article 371 of the 1986 Order as applied to limited liability partnerships by the Limited Liability Partnerships Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004;

• “the Companies Orders” has the meaning contained in Article 2(3) of the 1986 Order as extended by regulation 4 of the Limited Liability Partnerships Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004;

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