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Section 3B Succession after the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 comes into forceF1

Scotland

(1)

Subsection (2) applies where—

(a)

the sole tenant of a dwelling-house under a protected tenancy or a statutory tenancy dies on or after F21 December 2017, and

(b)

as a result of that death, an individual becomes the tenant of the dwelling-house by virtue of section 3(1)(b) or 3A above.

(2)

As soon as the individual becomes the tenant, the individual's tenancy of the dwelling-house—

(a)

ceases to be a statutory tenancy or a statutory assured tenancy (as the case may be), and

(b)

becomes a private residential tenancy as defined in the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

S. 3B inserted (1.12.2017) by Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 19), s. 79(2), sch. 5 para. 4; S.S.I. 2017/346, reg. 2, sch.

F2

Words in s. 3B(1)(a) substituted (1.12.2017) by The Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 3, Amendment, Saving Provision and Revocation) Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/346), regs. 1(1), 3(2)