# Rent (Scotland) Act 1984, Section 3B: Succession after the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 comes into force

Extent: S

(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 1 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/58/section/3B (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rent-scotland-act-1984/section-3B
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