STATUTORY TENANTS: SUCCESSION (Hansard, 13 June 1988)

HC Deb 13 June 1988 vol 135 c108 108 9.15 pm

§ Amendments made: No. 275, in page 85, line 42, leave out '5 years"; and' and insert '2 years".'

§ No. 276, in page 85, line 45, at end insert `and

(d) at the end there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—,

"(2) If the original tenant died within the period of 18 months beginning on the operative date, then, for the purposes of this paragraph, a person who was residing in the dwelling-house with the original tenant at the time of his death and for the period which began 6 months before the operative date and ended at the time of his death shall be taken to have been residing with the original tenant for the period of 2 years immediately before his death".

§ No. 277, in page 86, line 13, leave out '5' and insert '2'.

§ No. 278, in page 86, line 16, at end insert— '(2) If the first successor died within the period of 18 months beginning on the operative date, then, for the purposes of this paragraph, a person who was residing in the dwelling-house with the first successor at the time of his death and for the period which began 6 months before the operative date and ended at the time of his death shall be taken to have been residing with the first successor for the period of 2 years immediately before his death.".'

§ No. 279, in page 86, line 19, at end insert— '8A. At the end of paragraph 11 there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

"11A. In this Part of this Schedule 'the operative date' means the date on which Part I of the Housing Act 1988 came into force.".'

§ No. 280, in page 86, line 27, leave out '5' and insert '2'.

§ No. 281, in page 86, line 44, at end insert— '(5C) If the original occupier died within the period of 18 months beginning on the operative date, then, for the purposes of subsection (3) above, a person who was residing in the dwelling-house with the original occupier at the time of his death and for the period which began 6 months before the operative date and ended at the time of his death shall be taken to have been residing with the original occupier for the period of 2 years immediately before his death; and in this subsection "the operative date" means the date on which Part I of the Housing Act 1988 came into force."—[Mrs. Roe.]