# Rent Act 1977, Paragraph 3


(1) Where paragraph 2 above does not apply, but a person who was a member of the original tenant’s family was residing with him in the dwelling-house at the time of and for the period of 2 years immediately before his death then, after his death, that person or if there is more than one such person such one of them as may be decided by agreement, or in default of agreement by the county court, shall —
(a) in the case of a dwelling-house in England, be entitled to an assured tenancy of the dwelling-house by succession, or
(b) in the case of a dwelling-house in Wales, be entitled to a secure contract of the dwelling-house by succession.
(2) If the original tenant died within the period of 18 months beginning on the operative date, then, for the purposes of this paragraph, a person who was residing in the dwelling-house with the original tenant at the time of his death and for the period which began 6 months before the operative date and ended at the time of his death shall be taken to have been residing with the original tenant for the period of 2 years immediately before his death.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/42/schedule/1/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rent-act-1977/schedule-1/paragraph-3
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