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38 PART 4 SPECIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND SPECIAL INFRASTRUCTURES Division 1—General Responsible person of special development or special infrastructure

32.—(1) The responsible person at any time of a special development is the owner of the special development at that time.

(2) The responsible person at any time of a special infrastructure described in section 40 is the owner of the special infrastructure at that time.

(3) The responsible person at any time of a special infrastructure designated under section 41 is—
 * (a) the owner of the special infrastructure at that time—where the written instrument or order mentioned in that section specifies the owner of the special infrastructure to be the responsible person; or
 * (b) the occupier of the special infrastructure at that time—where the written instrument or order mentioned in that section specifies the occupier of the special infrastructure to be the responsible person.

(4) Where there is more than one responsible person of a special development or a special infrastructure at any time, each of those persons—
 * (a) is jointly and severally responsible at that time for discharging the duties of, and complying with the requirements imposed on, the responsible person under this Act; and
 * (b) may jointly and severally exercise at that time the powers of the responsible person under this Act.