Rule 2 Construction and interpretationI1

In these Rules—

• “the 1985 Act” means the Companies Act 1985^f1;

• “the 1986 Act” means the Insolvency Act 1986;

• “the 1999 Act” means the Greater London Authority Act 1999;

• “the 2006 Act” means the Companies Act 2006^f2;

• “CPR” means the Civil Procedure Rules 1998^f3 and “CPR” followed by a Part or rule number means the Part or rule with that number in those Rules;

• “insolvency proceedings” means any proceedings under the 1986 Act or the Insolvency Rules;

• “the Insolvency Rules” means the Insolvency Rules 1986^f4;

• “the PPP Arbiter” means the person for the time being appointed to the office of the Public-Private Partnership Agreement Arbiter under section 225 of the 1999 Act; and

• “PPP company” shall be construed in accordance with section 210(5) of the 1999 Act.

Except where the context requires otherwise, references to provisions of the 1986 Act are references to those provisions as applied by section 220 to 224 of, and Schedule 14 to, the 1999 Act, construed in accordance with section 249 of the Enterprise Act 2002^f5.

Where the PPP company is an unregistered company, any requirement to send information to the registrar of companies applies only if the company is subject to a requirement imposed by virtue of section 691(1)^f6 or 718^f7 of the 1985 Act.

Subject to paragraphs (1), (2) and (3), Part 10 of these Rules has effect for their interpretation and application.