HC Deb 30 March 1955 vol 539 c459

Amendment made: In page 13, line 11, at end, insert: rates ' " includes water rents and charges." —[Mr. Sandys.]

Mr. Key

I beg to move, in page 14, line 28, to leave out from " to to the end of line 33 and to insert: a deceased person having been the licensee of a dwelling, means—

  1. (a) where possession of the dwelling was retained by the licensee by virtue of the Rent Acts at the time of his death, a person who retains possession after the licensee's death by virtue of paragraph (g) of subsection (1) of section twelve of the Rent Act of 1920;
  2. (b) where the licensee was in occupation of the dwelling as licensee at the time of his death, any person who, if possession of the dwelling had been retained by the licensee by virtue of the Rent Acts, would or might have been entitled to retain possession as aforesaid."
The Amendment is consequential upon one which I moved to Clause 3, defining what is meant by a statutory successor. It is to secure that the successor of the licensee gets the same treatment as the successor of a statutory tenant in an ordinary house.

Amendment agreed to.

Clause, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.

Bill reported, with Amendments; as amended (in the Standing Committee and on recommittal), considered.