SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8Succession to secure tenancies and related tenancies

Housing Act 1996 (c. 52)

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1

Section 143J of the Housing Act 1996 (demoted tenancies: successor tenants) is amended as follows.

2

After subsection (3) insert—

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The tenancy arose by virtue of section 89(2A) of the Housing Act 1985.

3

For subsection (7) substitute—

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A person is the successor to a demoted tenancy if—

a

the tenancy vests in the person by virtue of section 143GB(2) or 143H(4) or (5), or

b

the tenancy arose by virtue of section 143GB(3).