[F131ASuccession after the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 comes into forceS
(1)Subsection (2) applies where—
(a)a sole tenant under an assured tenancy dies on or after [F21 December 2017] , and
(b)an individual succeeds to the tenancy.
(2)As soon as the individual becomes the tenant, the tenancy—
(a)ceases to be an assured tenancy (if, but for this section, it would have been one), and
(b)becomes a private residential tenancy as defined in the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 31A inserted (1.12.2017) by Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 19), s. 79(2), sch. 5 para. 5; S.S.I. 2017/346, reg. 2, sch.
F2Words in s. 31A(1)(a) substituted (1.12.2017) by The Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 3, Amendment, Saving Provision and Revocation) Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/346), regs. 1(1), 4(3)