The Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009

Applications for registration as Northern Ireland LLP

2.—(1) This paragraph applies to applications for registration of a limited liability partnership whose registered office is to be in Northern Ireland.

(2) The provisions of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000 apply to applications received by the registrar on or after 1st October 2009.

(3) Any application for registration under those provisions received by the registrar before that date shall not be entertained.

(4) The corresponding provisions of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 continue to apply to an application for registration if—

(a) it is received by the registrar, and

(b) the requirements as to registration are met in relation to it,

before 1st October 2009.

(5) Any application for registration under that Act in relation to which the requirements as to registration are not met before that date shall be treated as withdrawn.

(6) For the purposes of paragraph 1 above as it applies to treat a limited liability partnership registered and incorporated under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 as registered and incorporated under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000, a limited liability partnership that is registered and incorporated on an application to which sub-paragraph (4) above applies is treated as if it had been registered and incorporated immediately before 1st October 2009.