PART 3PROVISIONS APPLYING TO ALL OCCUPATION CONTRACTS
CHAPTER 8DEALING
Succession
76Reserve successor: family member
1
A person is a reserve successor of the contract-holder if he or she is not a priority successor of the contract-holder and—
a
he or she meets the family member condition,
b
he or she occupied the dwelling as his or her only or principal home at the time of the contract-holder’s death, and
c
if he or she meets the family member condition because of section 250(1)(c) (family members other than spouses, civil partners etc.), he or she also meets the basic residence condition.
2
A person meets the family member condition if he or she is a member of the contract-holder’s family.
3
A person meets the basic residence condition if throughout the period of 12 months ending with the contract-holder’s death—
a
he or she occupied the dwelling, or
b
he or she lived with the contract-holder.
4
If the contract-holder was a priority successor in relation to the occupation contract, the references in subsections (2) and (3)(b) to the contract-holder include the person the contract-holder succeeded.