PART IICONDUCT OF TENANTS
CHAPTER IIINTRODUCTORY TENANCIES
Succession on death of tenant
Persons qualified to succeed tenant13
A person is qualified to succeed the tenant under an introductory tenancy if he occupies the dwelling-house as his only or principal home at the time of the tenant's death and either—
a
he is the tenant's spouseF1 or civil partner, or
b
he is another member of the tenant's family and has resided with the tenant throughout the period of 12 months ending with the tenant's death;
unless, in either case, the tenant was himself a successor, as defined in Article 14.