Mobile Homes (Wales) Act 2013

53 Successors in title E+W

(1) An agreement to which this Part applies is binding on, and has effect for the benefit of, any successor in title of the owner and any person claiming through or under the owner or any such successor.

(2) Where an agreement to which this Part applies is lawfully assigned to any person, the agreement has effect for the benefit of, and is binding on, that person.

(3) Where a person entitled to the benefit of and bound by an agreement to which this Part applies dies, the agreement has effect for the benefit of, and is binding on—

(a) any person residing in the mobile home as that person's only or main residence at that time, being—

(i) the widow, widower or surviving civil partner of the deceased or the surviving partner of an enduring family relationship of the deceased, or

(ii) in default of a person within sub-paragraph (i) residing in the mobile home as that person's only or main residence at that time, any member of the deceased's family, or

(b) in default of any such person residing in the mobile home as that person's only or main residence at that time, the person entitled to the mobile home by virtue of the deceased's will or under the law relating to intestacy, but subject to subsection (4).

(4) An agreement to which this [F1 Part] applies does not have effect for the benefit of, and is not binding on, a person by virtue of subsection (3)(b) in so far as—

(a) it would, but for this subsection, enable or require that person to occupy the mobile home, or

(b) it includes terms implied by virtue of paragraph 6, 12, 13, 39 or 41 of Schedule 2.

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in s. 53(4) substituted (1.12.2014) by Housing (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 7), s. 145(3), Sch. 3 para. 30(6); S.I. 2014/3127, art. 2(a), Sch. Pt. 1

Commencement Information

I1 S. 53 in force at 1.10.2014 by S.I. 2014/11, art. 3(1)(d) (with art. 4)