160 Succession to secure tenancies
Localism Act 2011 (2011 c 20) | Legislation

160  Succession to secure tenancies

(1)     Before section 87 of the Housing Act 1985 insert—

“86A Persons qualified to succeed tenant: England

(1)     A person (“P”) is qualified to succeed the tenant under a secure tenancy of a dwelling-house in England if—

(a)     P occupies the dwelling-house as P's only or principal home at the time of the tenant's death, and

(b)     P is the tenant's spouse or civil partner.

(2)     A person (“P”) is qualified to succeed the tenant under a secure tenancy of a dwelling-house in England if—

(a)     at the time of the tenant's death the dwelling-house is not occupied by a spouse or civil partner of the tenant as his or her only or principal home,

(b)     an express term of the tenancy makes

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