Where, in connection with any claim to exercise the right to collective enfranchisement in relation to any premises the freehold of the whole of which is owned by the same person, it is not proposed to acquire any interests other than—
that person shall be the reversioner in respect of the premises for the purposes of this Chapter.
Where, in connection with any such claim as is mentioned in subsection (1), it is proposed to acquire interests of persons other than the person who owns the freehold of the premises to which the claim relates, then—
In the case of any claim to exercise the right to collective enfranchisement in relation to any premises the freehold of the whole of which is not owned by the same person—
Subject to the provisions of Part II of Schedule 1, the reversioner in respect of any premises shall, in a case to which subsection (2) or (2A) applies, conduct on behalf of all the relevant landlords all proceedings arising out of any notice given with respect to the premises under section 13 (whether the proceedings are for resisting or giving effect to the claim in question).
Schedule 2 (which makes provision with respect to certain special categories of landlords) has effect for the purposes of this Chapter.