# Rent Act 1977, Paragraph 1


Paragraph 2 . . . below shall have effect, subject to section 2(3) of this Act, for the purpose of determining who is the statutory tenant of a dwelling-house by succession after the death of the person (in this Part of this Schedule referred to as “the original tenant”) who, immediately before his death, was a protected tenant of the dwelling-house or the statutory tenant of it by virtue of his previous protected tenancy.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/42/schedule/1/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rent-act-1977/schedule-1/paragraph-1
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