9 Effect of determination of superior tenancy, etc

9  Effect of determination of superior tenancy, etc

(1)     If a court makes an order for possession of a dwelling-house from a protected occupier or statutory tenant, or from a protected or statutory tenant for the purposes of the [Rent Act 1977], and the order is made by virtue of Part I of Schedule 4 to this Act or, as the case may be, [section 98 or 99(2)] of that Act, nothing in the order shall affect the right of any sub-tenant—

(a)     to whom the dwelling-house or any part of it has been lawfully sublet before the commencement of the proceedings, and

(b)     who is a protected occupier or statutory tenant thereof,

to retain possession by virtue of this Act, nor shall the order operate to give a right to possession against any such sub-tenant.

(2)     Where a statutorily protected tenancy of a dwelling-house is determined, either as a result of an order for possession or for any other reason, any sub-tenant—

(a)     to whom the dwelling-house or

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