14.—(1) The Limited Liability Partnerships Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), omit the definitions of “the 1986 Order”, “the 2000 Act” and “the principal Act”.
(3) After that regulation insert—
2A.—(1) The provisions of these Regulations applying—
(a)the Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order 2002, or
(b)provisions of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989,
have effect only in relation to limited liability partnerships registered in Northern Ireland.
(2) The other provisions of these Regulations have effect in relation to limited liability partnerships registered in any part of the United Kingdom.”.
(4) In regulation 4 omit—
(a)paragraph (1) (application of provisions of Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986), and
(b)in the heading, the words “of the remainder of the provisions of the 1986 Order and”.
(5) Omit regulations 6 to 8 (which are superseded by corresponding provisions of the Limited Liability Partnerships Regulations 2001 having effect throughout the United Kingdom).
(6) In regulation 10(1) (application of subordinate legislation)—
(a)omit sub-paragraph (a), and
(b)in sub-paragraph (c) omit “the Business Names (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 and”.
(7) In Schedule 2, omit Part 1 (application of provisions of Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986).
(8) In Schedule 4 (general and consequential amendments) omit paragraphs 9 to 11.
(9) In Schedule 5 (application of subordinate legislation)—
(a)omit Part 1 of Schedule 5 (application of subordinate legislation relating to companies); and
(b)in the list in Part 3 (application of other subordinate legislation), omit the entry relating to the Company and Business Names Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1984.