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3.—(1) This article applies for the interpretation in relation to insolvent partnerships of expressions appropriate to companies in provisions of the Act and of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 applied by this Order, unless the contrary intention appears.
(2) References to companies shall be construed as references to insolvent partnerships and all references to the registrar of companies shall be omitted.
(3) References to shares of a company shall be construed—
(a)in relation to an insolvent partnership with capital, as references to rights to share in that capital; and
(b)in relation to an insolvent partnership without capital, as references to interests—
(i)conferring any right to share in the profits or liability to contribute to the losses of the partnership, or
(ii)giving rise to an obligation to contribute to the debts or expenses of the partnership in the event of a winding up.
(4) Other expressions appropriate to companies shall be construed, in relation to an insolvent partnership, as references to the corresponding persons, officers, documents or organs (as the case may be) appropriate to a partnership.
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