2(1)This paragraph applies as respects the question whether at any date which is on or after the operative date a person who has, in relation to a dwelling-house, a relevant licence or tenancy is a protected occupier of the dwelling-house.E+W
(2)So far as the question depends on prior circumstances, they shall be taken into account even if occurring before the operative date.
(3)In applying this paragraph to section 2(3) or to section 3 of this Act (so that the question whether a person is a protected occupier depends on whether he or another person was, at a time before the material date, a protected occupier or statutory tenant) it shall be assumed that this Act and the provisions of the Rent Act 1968 which are applied by Schedule 2 to this Act, including (where relevant) any amendments to those provisions, were in force at all material times before the operative date.