SCHEDULE 1Persons who have significant influence or control over another
PART 2Partnerships
Application
3.
This Part applies to a person (the associate) where—
(a)
the person who owns or tenants the land (the recorded person)—
(i)
does so as a partner in a partnership or on its behalf, or
(ii)
is a partnership, and
(b)
the associate—
(i)
is a general partner of the recorded person, but is not registered as owning or leasing the land,
(ii)
is a general partner of another partnership which is (of itself) a partner of the recorded person,
(iii)
is an individual who has significant influence or control over a relevant entity which is a partner of the recorded person,
(iv)
is an individual who has the right to exercise, or who actually exercises, significant influence or control over the recorded person or a partnership in which the recorded person is a partner.
Exceptions
4.
This Part does not apply to a person where that person’s relationship to the partnership is only that of—
(a)
a paid professional advisor to the partnership (such as a solicitor or an accountant),
(b)
a creditor of the partnership (such as the holder of a standard security),
(c)
an administrator of the partnership in insolvency proceedings, or
(d)
a member of the judiciary presiding over proceedings in connection with the partnership.
Interpretation of Part 2
5.
For the purposes of this Part—
(a)
“relevant entity” means any body corporate or other entity (whether incorporated or not) that is a legal person under the law by which it is governed, other than a person of a type listed in schedule 2,
(b)
examples of significant influence and control include, in particular, where a person—
(i)
has the right to unilaterally take or veto decisions about the governance and running of a partnership,
(ii)
has the right to appoint or remove any partners of a partnership without application to a court, or
(iii)
is able to influence the decision-making of a partnership without holding any formal governance position within the partnership, particularly in respect of the partnership’s dealings with land,
(c)
for the purposes of paragraph (3)(b)(iv), a person (A) does not exercise significant influence and control over a recorded person or the partnership if A is also a recorded person under paragraph 3(a).