SCHEDULE 17Partnerships

PART 2General provisions

Chargeable interests treated as being held by partners etc.

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(1)

For the purposes of this Act—

(a)

a chargeable interest held by or on behalf of a partnership is treated as held by or on behalf of the partners, and

(b)

a land transaction entered into for the purposes of a partnership is treated as entered into by or on behalf of the partners,

and not by or on behalf of the partnership as such.

(2)

Sub-paragraph (1) applies notwithstanding that the partnership is regarded as a legal person, or as a body corporate, under the law of the country or territory under which it is formed.