Part I Statutory Tenants by Succession
Rent Act 1977 (1977 c 42) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 1 Statutory Tenancies

Sections 2, 3

Part I Statutory Tenants by Succession

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Paragraph 2 < . . . > below shall have effect, subject to section 2(3) of this Act, for the purpose of determining who is the statutory tenant of a dwelling-house by succession after the death of the person (in this Part of this Schedule referred to as “the original tenantâ€) who, immediately before his death, was a protected tenant of the dwelling-house or the statutory tenant of it by virtue of his previous protected tenancy.

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(1)     The surviving spouse[, or surviving civil partner,] (if any) of the original tenant, if residing in the dwelling-house immediately before the death of the original tenant, shall after the death be the statutory tenant if and so long as he or she occupies the dwelling-house as his or her residence.

[(2)     For the purposes of this paragraph, a person who was living with the original tenant as if they were a married couple or civil partners is to be treated as the spouse or civil partner of the original tenant.]

(3)     If, immediately after the death of the original tenant, there is, by virtue of sub-paragraph (2) above, more than one person

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