PART IICONDUCT OF TENANTS
CHAPTER IIINTRODUCTORY TENANCIES
Succession on death of tenant
Cases where the tenant is a successor14
1
The tenant is himself a successor if—
a
the tenancy vested in him by virtue of Article 15 (succession to introductory tenancy),
b
he was a joint tenant and has become the sole tenant,
c
he became the tenant on the tenancy being assigned to him (but subject to paragraphs (2) and (3)), or
d
he became the tenant on the tenancy being vested in him on the death of the previous tenant.
2
A tenant to whom the tenancy was assigned in pursuance of an order under—
a
Article 26 of the Matrimonial Causes (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (NI 15) (property adjustment orders in connection with matrimonial proceedings),
b
Article 21 of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (NI 4) (property adjustment orders after overseas divorce, &c.), or
c
Part II of Schedule 2 to the Family Homes and Domestic Violence (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (NI 6) (orders transferring certain tenancies on divorce, etc. or on separation of cohabitees),
is a successor only if the other party to the marriage was a successor.
3
Where within 6 months of the coming to an end of an introductory tenancy (“the former tenancy”) the tenant becomes a tenant under another introductory tenancy, and—
a
the tenant was a successor in relation to the former tenancy, and
b
under the other tenancy either the dwelling-house or the landlord, or both, are the same as under the former tenancy,
the tenant is also a successor in relation to the other tenancy unless the agreement creating that tenancy otherwise provides.