Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000

18 Interpretation. E+W+S

In this Act—

• F1 ...

• “business” includes every trade, profession and occupation,

• “designated member” shall be construed in accordance with section 8,

• “enactment” includes subordinate legislation (within the meaning of the M1 Interpretation Act 1978),

• “incorporation document” shall be construed in accordance with section 2,

• “limited liability partnership” has the meaning given by section 1(2),

• “member” shall be construed in accordance with section 4,

• “modifications” includes additions and omissions,

• “name”, in relation to a member of a limited liability partnership, means—

  (a)

  if an individual, his forename and surname (or, in the case of a peer or other person usually known by a title, his title instead of or in addition to either or both his forename and surname), and

  (b)

  if a corporation or Scottish firm, its corporate or firm name,

• “oversea limited liability partnership” has the meaning given by section 14(3),

• [F2 “the registrar” means—

  (a)

  if the registered office of the limited liability partnership is, or is to be, in England and Wales (or Wales), the registrar of companies for England and Wales,

  (b)

  if the registered office of the limited liability partnership is, or is to be, in Scotland, the registrar of companies for Scotland, and

  (c)

  if the registered office of the limited liability partnership is, or is to be, in Northern Ireland, the registrar of companies for Northern Ireland;]

• “regulations” has the meaning given by section 17(1).

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 18 omitted (1.10.2009) by virtue of The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), reg. 2(3), Sch. 3 para. 8(2) (with Sch. 3 para. 11)

F2 Words in s. 18 substituted (1.10.2009) by The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/1804), reg. 2(3), Sch. 3 para. 8(3) (with Sch. 3 para. 11)

Marginal Citations

M1 1978 c. 30.