§ Mr. SkeffingtonI beg to move Amendment No. 25, in page 9, line 25, leave out from claim 'to as' in line 26 and insert 'made by him at the time of his death have been treated'.
This Amendment, which is consequential upon the new subsection (1) of Clause 6, allows a succeeding member of a family to count any period which his predecesor could count by virtue of the new subsection.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Mr. SkeffingtonI beg to move Amendment No. 26, in page 10, line 26, at end insert:
(4A) Subsections (3) and (4) above shall apply, with any necessary adaptations. Where 1574 a person becomes entitled to a tenancy on the termination of a settlement or trust as they would apply if he had become entitled in accordance with the settlement or trust.(4B) The reference in section 6(2) above to the rights which a beneficiary under a trust would have if he were the tenant occupying in right of the tenancy includes any rights which he would have by virtue of this section.The new sub-section (4A) extends the operation of sub-sections (3) and (4) which deal with cases where the tenancy is subject to a strict settlement or is otherwise held on trust. This puts the provisions of the bill in line with the Settled Land Act and Sections we have already agreed to.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Mrs. WhiteI beg to move Amendment No. 27, in page 10, line 30, after 'daughter', insert 'or a son-in-law or daughter-in-law'.
This Amendment is really just a sensible extension of the definition of family in response to representations made by the hon. Member for Crosby (Mr. Graham Page) and the hon. Member for North Fylde (Mr. Clegg), and the following Amendment No. 28 is consequential.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Further Amendment made: No. 28, in page 10, line 37, at end insert ', and "son-in-law" and "daughter-in-law" shall be construed accordingly'.—[Mrs. White.]