SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7 Transfer of certain tenancies on divorce etc. or on separation of cohabitants

Part II Orders that may be made

Statutory tenancy within the meaning of the Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976

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1

This paragraph applies if the spouse F1, civil partner or cohabitant is entitled to occupy the dwelling-house by virtue of a statutory tenancy within the meaning of the M1Rent (Agriculture) Act 1976.

2

The court may by order direct that, as from such date as may be specified in the order—

a

that spouse F2, civil partner or cohabitant is to cease to be entitled to occupy the dwelling-house; and

b

the other spouse F2, civil partner or cohabitant is to be deemed to be the tenant or, as the case may be, the sole tenant under that statutory tenancy.

3

A spouse F3, civil partner or cohabitant who is deemed under this paragraph to be the tenant under a statutory tenancy is (within the meaning of that Act) a statutory tenant in his own right, or a statutory tenant by succession, according as the other spouse F3, civil partner or cohabitant was a statutory tenant in his own right or a statutory tenant by succession.