2(1)Except where an enactment expressly provides otherwise, where a granter of a document is a partnership, the document is signed by the partnership if it is signed on its behalf by a partner or by a person authorised to sign the document on its behalf.
(2)A person signing on behalf of a partnership under this paragraph may use his own name or the firm name.
(3)Sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) of this paragraph apply in relation to the signing of an alteration made to a document as they apply in relation to the signing of a document.
(4)In this paragraph “partnership” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the [1890 c. 39.] Partnership Act 1890.