Introduction Schedule 36 – Partnerships Part 1
77.Part 1 describes how partnerships are to be treated as persons.
78.Paragraph 1 provides that where persons are carrying on a business in partnership the partnership is regarded as a person for the purposes of the legislation and imports the meaning of partnership from the Partnership Act 1890. Partnerships that are not separate legal entities are not subject to Schedule 36.
79.Paragraph 2 provides that a partnership is regarded as the same partnership and same person despite changes in the members of the partnership as long as there is at least one person who was a member of the partnership before and after the change.
80.Paragraph 3 describes the acts and omissions which are treated as acts or omissions of the partnership.  Subparagraphs (2) and (3) explain which partners are relevant for the purposes of the paragraph. Subparagraph (4) imports the meaning of firm from the Partnership Act 1890.
81.Paragraph 4 provides that if a controlling partner or a managing partner of a partnership meets a threshold condition in a personal capacity the partnership is treated as having met that threshold condition. Subparagraph (3) explains which threshold conditions are relevant for the purposes of the paragraph.