# Housing (Scotland) Act 1988, Section 31A: Succession after the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 comes into force

Extent: S

(1) Subsection (2) applies where—
(a) a sole tenant under an assured tenancy dies on or after 1 December 2017 , and
(b) an individual succeeds to the tenancy.
(2) As soon as the individual becomes the tenant, the tenancy—
(a) ceases to be an assured tenancy (if, but for this section, it would have been one), and
(b) becomes a private residential tenancy as defined in the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/43/section/31A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-scotland-act-1988/section-31A
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