# The Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1986, Article 42: Statutory tenancies by succession

Extent: N.I.

(1) Schedule 1 to the 1978 NI. 20 Rent (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Article.
(2) For paragraph 2 of that Schedule there shall be 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”.
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) The following provisions of that Schedule shall be omitted—
(a) in paragraphs 1 and 4(a) the words “or 3 ”;
(b) paragraphs 3 and 8;
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(6) The amendments made by this Article shall have effect only in relation to deaths occurring after the commencement date.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1986/1301/article/42 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-northern-ireland-order-1986/article-42
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