Housing and Planning Act 2016

Housing Act 1996 (c. 52)

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13(1)Section 143J of the Housing Act 1996 (demoted tenancies: successor tenants) is amended as follows.

(2)After subsection (3) insert—

(3A)The tenancy arose by virtue of section 89(2A) of the Housing Act 1985.

(3)For subsection (7) substitute—

(7)A person is the successor to a demoted tenancy if—

(a)the tenancy vests in the person by virtue of section 143GB(2) or 143H(4) or (5), or

(b)the tenancy arose by virtue of section 143GB(3).