# Housing Act 1980, Section 76: Statutory tenancies by succession.


(1) In Schedule 1 to the 1977 Act, for paragraph 2 (under which on the death of the original tenant under a protected or statutory tenancy his widow if residing with him at his death becomes a statutory tenant by succession) there is substituted the following paragraph—
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2 The surviving spouse (if any) of the original tenant, if residing in the dwelling-house immediately before the death of the original tenant, shall after the death be the statutory tenant if and so long as he or she occupies the dwelling-house as his or her residence.”
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(3) In sections 3(3)(a) and 4(4)(a) of the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976 (which correspond to provisions in Schedule 1 to the 1977 Act) for the words “ with him at his death” there shall be substituted in each case the words “ in the dwelling-house immediately befor his death”.
(4) The amendments made by this section have effect only in relation to deaths occurring after the commencement of the subsection concerned.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/51/section/76 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-act-1980/section-76
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