{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renting-homes-wales-act-2016/section-76",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renting-homes-wales-act-2016/section-76.json",
  "legislation": "anaw/2016/1",
  "legislation_title": "Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/renting-homes-wales-act-2016",
  "path": "section/76",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "76",
  "heading": "Reserve successor: family member",
  "text": "(1) A person is a reserve successor of the contract-holder if he or she is not a priority successor of the contract-holder and—\n(a) he or she meets the family member condition,\n(b) he or she occupied the dwelling as his or her only or principal home at the time of the contract-holder's death, and\n(c) if he or she meets the family member condition because of section 250(1)(c) (family members other than spouses, civil partners etc.), he or she also meets the basic residence condition.\n(2) A person meets the family member condition if he or she is a member of the contract-holder's family.\n(3) A person meets the basic residence condition if throughout the period of 12 months ending with the contract-holder's death—\n(a) he or she occupied the dwelling, or\n(b) he or she lived with the contract-holder.\n(4) If the contract-holder was a priority successor in relation to the occupation contract, the references in subsections (2) and (3)(b) to the contract-holder include the person the contract-holder succeeded.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 76 in force at 1.12.2022 by S.I. 2022/906, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2016/1/section/76",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:18:17.774658+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}