To ensure certainty in the law as regards relations between the public limited liability companies involved in the division, between them and third parties, and between the members, the cases in which nullity can arise should be limited by providing that defects should be remedied wherever that is possible and by restricting the period within which nullification proceedings can be commenced.
Chun a áirithiú go mbeidh deimhneacht sa dlí ann maidir leis an gcaidreamh idir na cuideachtaí poiblí atá faoi dhliteanas teoranta agus atá páirteach sa deighilt, eatarthu agus tríú páirtithe, agus idir na comhaltaí, ba cheart teorainn a chur leis na cásanna inar féidir le neamhniú teacht chun cinn, trí fhoráil a dhéanamh gur cheart lochtanna a leigheas aon uair is féidir agus trí shrian a chur leis an tréimhse ar laistigh di is féidir tús a chur le himeachtaí neamhnithe.