Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22)

SCHEDULES

Prospective

SCHEDULE 8 E+W Succession to secure tenancies and related tenancies

Housing Act 1985 (c. 68) E+W

2 E+W In section 86 (periodic tenancy arising on termination of fixed term), after subsection (1B) (inserted by Schedule 7) insert—

“(1C) This section does not apply to a secure tenancy of a dwelling-house in England if—

(a) the original secure tenant has died,

(b) the tenancy has been vested in, or otherwise disposed of to, the current tenant in the course of the administration of the original tenant's estate, and

(c) the current tenant qualified to succeed the original tenant under section 86G(2) or (4).”