Article 7 Interpretation

Sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 26 (supplementary) applies as if—

(a)

after the definition of “ex-tenant” there were inserted—

““initial transferee” means the person to whom the relevant interest was transferred by the ex-landlord after the end of the original tenancy and before the commencement date,”;

(b)

after the definition of “possession order” there were inserted—

““registered social landlord” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Housing Act 1996,

“relevant interest” means the interest of the ex-landlord in the dwelling-house which was let under an original tenancy,”;

(c)

after the definition of “secure tenancy” there were inserted—

““subsequent transferee” means any person to whom, before the commencement date, the relevant interest was transferred after the transfer from the ex-landlord to the initial transferee,”;

(d)

in the definition of “successor”—

(i)

after ““successor”” there were inserted “, except in the expression “successor landlord””;

(ii)

for “a new tenancy which is”, in each place where those words occur, there were substituted “an original tenancy which was, or a new tenancy which is,”; and

(iii)

in paragraph (a), for “or which is a demoted tenancy” there were substituted “, or in relation to an original tenancy which was, or a new tenancy which is, a demoted tenancy”; and

(e)

after the definition of “successor” there were inserted—

““successor landlord” means the initial transferee, or, as the case may be, a subsequent transferee, to whom the relevant interest belongs on the commencement date,”.