The Companies Act 2006 and Limited Liability Partnerships (Transitional Provisions and Savings) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

Amendment to the Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009

3.—(1) Schedule 1 to the Limited Liability Partnerships (Application of Companies Act 2006) Regulations 2009(1) is amended as follows.

(2) For paragraph 22, substitute the following—

“Property of dissolved LLP

22.— (1) Sections 1012 to 1023 of the Companies Act 2006 (property of dissolved LLP), as applied to LLPs by regulations 52 to 55, apply in relation to the property of an LLP dissolved on or after 1st October 2009.

(2) Subject to paragraph 22A, the corresponding provisions of the 1985 Act or 1986 Order, as applied to LLPs, continue to apply in relation to the property of an LLP dissolved before that date.

22A.— (1) Section 1013 of the Companies Act 2006 (Crown disclaimer of property vesting as bona vacantia), as applied to LLPs by regulation 52, applies in relation to property of an LLP dissolved before 1st October 2009 if at that date—

(a) no period has begun to run in relation to the property under section 656(3)(a) or (b) of the 1985 Act or Article 607(3)(a) or (b) of the 1986 Order (period within which notice of disclaimer must be executed), as applied to LLPs, and

(b) the right to disclaim has not ceased to be exercisable in relation to the property by virtue of section 656(2) of the 1985 Act or Article 607(2) of the 1986 Order (waiver of right to disclaim), as applied to LLPs.

(2) In section 1013, as applied to LLPs and as it applies by virtue of this paragraph, the references to property vesting under section 1012 (as applied to LLPs by regulation 52) shall be read as references to its vesting under section 654 of the 1985 Act or Article 605 of the 1986 Order as applied to LLPs.

(3) Where section 1013 (as applied to LLPs by regulation 52) applies by virtue of this paragraph—

(a) the other provisions of sections 1012 to 1022 of the Companies Act 2006 (as applied to LLPs by regulations 52 to 54) apply accordingly, and

(b) the corresponding provisions of the 1985 Act or 1986 Order (as applied to LLPs) do not apply.”.

(1)

S.I. 2009/1804, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.