9E+WThe tenant condition is that the tenant was an individual and occupied the dwelling-house as his only or principal home; or, where the tenancy was a joint tenancy, that each of the joint tenants was an individual and at least one of them occupied the dwelling-house as his only or principal home.
[F19AE+WThe tenant condition is not met during any period when a tenancy is a demoted tenancy by virtue of section 20B of the Housing Act 1988 or section 143A of the Housing Act 1996.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 4 para. 9A inserted (30.6.2004 for E. and 30.4.2005 for W.) by Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 (c.38), ss. 14, 93(1), Sch. 1 para. 2(5); S.I. 2004/1502, art. 2 (subject to Sch.); S.I. 2005/1225, art. 2(b)