5.—(1) Where there are two or more general partners of a limited partnership tenant of a 1991 Act tenancy who may exercise or enforce any right of a tenant under Part 2 by virtue of section 72(2) of the 2003 Act, the consent or agreement of a general partner who is an associate of the landlord shall not be required to exercise or enforce such a right.
(2) Where a general partner has become a joint tenant under section 72(6) of the 2003 Act together with another general partner as joint tenant, the consent or agreement of another joint tenant who is an associate of the landlord shall not be required to exercise or enforce any right of the tenant under Part 2.
(3) In this regulation, “associate of the landlord” bears the meaning it is given by section 70(8) of the 2003 Act.