For the purposes of this Division and section 1013:

(a)

a member of a partnership is taken to possess any information:

(i)

which another member of the partnership possesses and which came into the other member's possession in the other member's capacity as a member of the partnership; or

(ii)

which an employee of the partnership possesses and which came into his or her possession in the course of the performance of duties as such an employee; and

(b)

if a member or employee of a partnership knows or ought reasonably to know any matter or thing because the member or employee is such a member or employee, it is to be presumed that every member of the partnership knows or ought reasonably to know that matter or thing.