Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016

81 Effect of substitute succession

(1) A person who succeeds to an occupation contract under section 80(3) becomes the contract-holder on the relevant date.

(2) A person who succeeds (or persons who succeed) to an occupation contract under sections 80(4) and 78(4) becomes a contract-holder (or become contract-holders) under the contract on the later of—

(a) the relevant date, and

(b) the day agreement is reached or the landlord makes a selection.

(3) A person who succeeds (or persons who succeed) to an occupation contract after an appeal under section 78(6) against the landlord’s selection becomes a contract-holder (or become contract-holders) on the later of—

(a) the relevant date, and

(b) the day on which the appeal is finally determined.

(4) The relevant date is the day on which, but for section 80(2), the contract would have ended.

(5) During the period beginning with the relevant date and ending with a person (or persons) becoming the contract-holder under subsection (2) or (3), the relevant successors⁠—

(a) are not to be treated as trespassers in relation to the dwelling, and

(b) for the purposes of any liability under the contract are to be treated as if they were joint contract-holders under the contract.

(6) “The relevant successors” are the persons who—

(a) are qualified to succeed the contract-holder who died (and as a result of whose death the succession under section 78(2)) occurred), and

(b) are living in the dwelling.