Paragraph 5 I1

After section 31 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 1988 there is inserted—

“Succession after the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 comes into force

31A

(1)

Subsection (2) applies where—

(a)

a sole tenant under an assured tenancy dies on or after the day that section 1 of the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 comes into force, 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.”.