45Duties and liabilities of partnerships and unincorporated bodies(1)

Where anything required or permitted to be done under this Act is to be done by or in relation to persons carrying on business in partnership, it must be done by or in relation to every person who is a partner at the time when it is done or required to be done.

(2)

But anything that is required or permitted to be done by every partner may instead be done by any of them; and if the partnership’s principal place of business is in Scotland, it may also be done by any other person authorised by the partnership.

(3)

Where anything required or permitted to be done under this Act is to be done by or in relation to persons carrying on business as an unincorporated body, it must be done by or in relation to every person who is a managing member of the body at the time when it is done or required to be done.

(4)

But anything that is required or permitted to be done by every managing member of the body may instead be done by any of them.

(5)

A liability to pay a relevant amount as a result of anything done or omitted to be done by persons carrying on business in partnership or as an unincorporated body is a joint and several liability of every person who is a member of the partnership or body at the time when the thing is done or omitted to be done.

(6)

For the purposes of this section—

(a)

the managing members of an unincorporated body are—

(i)

each member of the unincorporated body holding office as president, chair, treasurer, secretary or any similar office;

(ii)

if there is no such office, each member holding office as a member of a committee by which the affairs of the body are managed;

(iii)

if there is no such office or committee, each member of the body;

(b)

“relevant amount” means an amount payable in relation to obtaining or maintaining a visitor accommodation licence.