SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8Succession to secure tenancies and related tenancies

Housing Act 1985 (c. 68)

2

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).