Town and Country Planning Act 1962

151 Special provisions as to partnerships

(1) The provisions of this section shall have effect for the purposes of the application of these provisions to a hereditament or agricultural unit occupied for the purposes of a partnership firm.

(2) Occupation for the purposes of the firm shall be treated as occupation by the firm, and not as occupation by any one or more of the partners individually, and the definitions of “owner-occupier” in subsections (1) and (2) of section one hundred and forty-nine of this Act shall apply in relation to the firm accordingly.

(3) If, after the service by the firm of a notice under section one hundred and thirty-nine of this Act, any change occurs (whether by death or otherwise) in the constitution of the firm, any proceedings, rights or obligations consequential upon that notice may be carried on or exercised by or against, or (as the case may be) shall be incumbent upon, the partners for the time being constituting the firm.

(4) Nothing in this section or elsewhere in these provisions shall be construed as indicating an intention to exclude the operation of section nineteen of the Interpretation Act, 1889 (whereby, unless the contrary intention appears, “person” includes any body of persons corporate or unincorporate) in relation to any of these provisions.

(5) Subsection (2) of this section shall not affect the definition of “resident owner-occupier ” in subsection (3) of section one hundred and forty-nine of this Act.