Limited Liability Partnerships (Winding Up) (Amendment) Rules 2022

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 18 Mar 2022

No. S 197

Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005

Limited Liability Partnerships
(Winding Up) (Amendment)
Rules 2022

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 91 of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005, we, the Rules Committee, make the following Rules:

Citation and commencement

1. These Rules are the Limited Liability Partnerships (Winding Up) (Amendment) Rules 2022 and come into operation on 1 April 2022.

Amendment of rule 2

2. Rule 2 of the Limited Liability Partnerships (Winding Up) Rules (R 2) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “applicant”, the following definition:

“ “Assessing Master” means the Registrar or other officer of the Court whose duty it is to assess costs in the proceedings of the Court under its ordinary jurisdiction;”;

(b)

by deleting the semi‑colon at the end of the definition of “sealed” and substituting a full‑stop; and

(c)

by deleting the definition of “Taxing Master”.

Miscellaneous amendments

3. The Limited Liability Partnerships (Winding Up) Rules are amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “Taxing Master” wherever they appear in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “Assessing Master”:

Rule 157

Rule 160

Rule 161

Rule 164

Rule 165

Rule 168;

(b)

by deleting the word “tax” wherever it appears in the following provisions and substituting in each case the word “assess”:

Rule 161 (including the rule heading);

(c)

by deleting the word “taxed” wherever it appears in the following provisions and substituting in each case the word “assessed”:

Rule 162

Rule 168;

(d)

by deleting the words “TAXATION OF COSTS” in the heading above rule 160 and substituting the words “ASSESSMENT OF COSTS”;

(e)

by deleting the word “Taxation” in the following provision and substituting the word “Assessment”:

Rule 160 (rule heading);

(f)

by deleting the word “taxation” wherever it appears in the following provisions and substituting in each case the word “assessment”:

Rule 160

Rule 163 and rule heading

Rule 164 and rule heading

Rule 165

Rule 168

Rule 190(2);

(g)

by deleting the words “originating summons” wherever they appear in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “originating application”:

Rule 7(1) and (2)

Rule 11 and rule heading

Rule 17(1) and rule heading

Rule 17A(1), (2), (3) and (4) and rule heading

Rule 22(1)

Rule 62(1);

(h)

by deleting the words “Originating summonses” in the following provision and substituting the words “Originating applications”:

Rule 7 (rule heading);

(i)

by deleting the word “O.S.” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the word “O.A.”:

Rule 8(1)

First Schedule (Form 2 and Form 3);

(j)

by deleting the words “originating summonses” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “originating applications”:

Rule 13

Rule 14;

(k)

by deleting the word “plaintiff” in the following provision and substituting the word “claimant”:

Rule 22(3);

(l)

by deleting the word “leave” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the word “permission”:

Rule 28(3)

Rule 59(1)

Rule 60(1)

Rule 139;

(m)

by deleting the words “ex parte” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “without notice”:

Rule 38(1)

Rule 49

Rule 50

Rule 51

Rule 53(1);

(n)

by deleting the words “ex parte summons” in the following provision and substituting the words “summons without notice”:

Rule 59(1);

(o)

by deleting the words “ORIGINATING SUMMONS” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “ORIGINATING APPLICATION”:

First Schedule (Form 1A, Form 2 and Form 3);

(p)

by deleting the word “Plaintiff” in the following provision and substituting the word “Claimant”:

First Schedule (Form 3);

(q)

by deleting the word “plaintiff” wherever it appears in the following provision and substituting in each case the word “claimant”:

First Schedule (Form 3);

(r)

by deleting the word “TAXATION” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the word “ASSESSMENT”:

First Schedule (Form 52 and Form 53);

(s)

by deleting the word “taxation” in the following provision and substituting the word “assessment”:

First Schedule (Form 52);

(t)

by deleting the word “taxed” wherever it appears in the following provisions and substituting in each case the word “assessed”:

First Schedule (Form 53 and Form 56); and

(u)

by deleting the word “subpoena” in the following provision and substituting the words “order to attend court, order to produce documents”:

Second Schedule (item 3).

[G.N. Nos. S 588/2013; S 1037/2020]

Made on 8 March 2022.

SUNDARESH MENON

Chief Justice.

LUCIEN WONG

Attorney-General.

TAY YONG KWANG

Justice of the Court of Appeal.

STEVEN CHONG

Justice of the Court of Appeal.

BELINDA ANG SAW EAN

Judge of the Appellate Division.

QUENTIN LOH

Judge of the Appellate Division.

VINODH COOMARASWAMY

Judge.

VINCENT HOONG SENG LEI

Presiding Judge of the State Courts.

CHRISTOPHER TAN PHENG WEE

District Judge and Registrar of the State Courts.

SIRAJ OMAR, SC

Advocate and Solicitor.

CHAN TAI-HUI JASON, SC

Advocate and Solicitor.

[SUPCT.RJW.009.0000; AG/LEGIS/SL/163A/2020/4 Vol. 3]

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