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</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14801">those rights of occupation continue,</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/26/section/29A/2/b/1996-10-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/26/section/29A/2/b" id="section-29A-2-b">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14801">b</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14801">B is in occupation of the dwelling and A is not, and</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/26/section/29A/2/c/1996-10-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/26/section/29A/2/c" id="section-29A-2-c">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14801">c</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14801">B is not, apart from this section, treated as occupying the dwelling by virtue of an interest or right to which that section applies,</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14801">B shall be treated for the purposes of that section as occupying the dwelling by virtue of such an interest (but not an owner’s interest within the meaning of section 30 below).</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/26/section/29A/3/1996-10-01" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/26/section/29A/3" id="section-29A-3">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14801">3</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p14801">References in this section to a dwelling include a reference to a substantial part of it.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
</Pblock>
</Part>
</Body>
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<Commentaries>
<Commentary id="c7763101" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02258" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/26/section/29A" SectionRef="section-29A">S. 29A</CitationSubRef>
inserted (25.09.1991 subject to the restrictions referred to in
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1991/2067" id="c02259" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1991" Number="2067">S.I. 1991/2067</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02260" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1991/2067/article/4" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02259" SectionRef="article-4">art. 4</CitationSubRef>
) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/34" id="c02261" Year="1991" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="34" Title="Planning and Compensation Act 1991">Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 28:1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02262" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/34/section/69" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02261" SectionRef="section-69">s. 69</CitationSubRef>
(with
<CitationSubRef id="c02263" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1991/34/section/84/5" CitationRef="c02261" SectionRef="section-84-5">s. 84(5)</CitationSubRef>
);
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1991/2067" id="c02264" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1991" Number="2067">S.I. 1991/2067</Citation>
,art. 3.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c7763111" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1983/19" id="c02265" Year="1983" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="19">1983 c.19</Citation>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
</Commentaries>
</Legislation>