8(1)) Where after a succession the successor becomes the tenant of the dwelling-house by the grant to him of another tenancy, “the original tenant” and “the first successor” in this Schedule shall, in relation to that other tenancy, mean the persons who were respectively the original tenant and the first successor at the time of the succession, and accordingly—S
(a)if the successor was the first successor, and immediately before his death he was still the tenant (whether protected or statutory), paragraphs 6 and 7 above shall apply on his death.
(b)if the successor was not the first successor, no person shall become a statutory tenant on his death by virtue of this Schedule.
(2)Sub-paragraph (1) above applies even if—
(a)a successor enters into more than one other tenancy of the dwelling-house, and
(b)both the first successor, and the successor on his death, enter into other tenancies of the dwelling-house.
(3)This paragraph shall apply—
(a)as respects any succession which takes place on or after 27th August 1972; and
(b)as respects a succession which took place before that date if the tenancy granted after the succession, or the first of those tenancies, was granted on or after that date.
(4)In this paragraph—
“succession” means the occasion on which a person becomes the statutory tenant of a dwelling-house by virtue of this Schedule and “successor” shall be construed accordingly.
“tenancy” means “regulated tenancy” and “tenancies” shall be construed accordingly.