7 Rights of members of family succeeding to tenancy on death
Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (1967 c 88) | Legislation

7  Rights of members of family succeeding to tenancy on death

(1)     Where the tenant of a house dies . . ., and on his death a member of his family resident in the house becomes tenant of it under the same tenancy, then for the purposes of any claim by that member of the family to acquire the freehold or an extended lease under this Part of this Act he shall be treated as having been the tenant. . . during any period when—

(a)     he was resident in the house, and it was his only or main place of residence; . . .

(b)     . . ..

(2)     For purposes of this section—

(a)     a member of a tenant's family on whom the tenancy devolves on the tenant's death by virtue of a testamentary disposition or the law of intestate succession shall, on the tenancy vesting in him, be treated as having become tenant on the death; and

(b)     a member of a tenant's family who, on the tenant's death, acquires the tenancy by the appropriation of it in or towards satisfaction of any legacy, share in residue, debt or other share in or claim against the tenant's estate, or by the purchase of it on

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