Section 131 Persons qualified to succeed tenant.
England and Wales
A person is qualified to succeed the tenant under an introductory tenancy if he occupies the dwelling-house as his only or principal home at the time of the tenant’s death and either—
he is the tenant’s spouse F1or civil partner , or
he is another member of the tenant’s family and has resided with the tenant throughout the period of twelve months ending with the tenant’s death;
unless, in either case, the tenant was himself a successor, as defined in section 132.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in s. 131(a) inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership (Family Proceedings and Housing Consequential Amendments) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3336), arts. 1, 20
Notes on Chapter I
Textual amendments
- F1
Word in Pt. 5 Ch. 1 heading inserted (1.12.2022) by The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1166), regs. 1(1), 25(3) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2022/1172, regs. 4-7, 19)