# Housing Act 1980, Paragraph 6


(1) This paragraph applies in any case where—
(a) the tenant died before the date on which the tenancy ceased to be a protected or statutory tenancy; and
(b) there was then more than one member of his family entitled to succeed him as statutory tenant but no decision had, by that date, been reached as to which of them was to succeed.
(2) In a case to which this paragraph applies, the person who is to be the secure tenant of the dwelling-house on the tenancy becoming a secure tenancy shall be selected by the landlord from among those mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(b) above notwithstanding that the question may have been referred to the county court in accordance with paragraph 1(7) of Schedule 1 to the 1977 Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/51/schedule/9/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1980/schedule-9/paragraph-6
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