Article 4.
1. Paragraph 2F1. . . or, as the case may be, paragraph 4 shall have effect, subject to Article 4(3), for the purpose of determining who is the statutory tenant of a dwelling-house by succession after the death of the person (in this Schedule referred to as “the original tenant”) who, immediately before his death, was a protected tenant of the dwelling-house or the statutory tenant of it by virtue of his previous protected tenancy.N.I.
[F22. The surviving spouse[F3, or surviving civil partner,] (if any) of the original tenant, if residing in the dwelling-house immediately before the death of the original tenant, shall after the death be the statutory tenant if and so long as he or she occupies the dwelling-house as his or her residence.]N.I.
Para. 3 rep. by 1986 NI 13
4. Where—N.I.
(a)paragraph 2F4. . . does not apply, but
(b)a person who was a member of the original tenant's family was residing with him at the time of and for the period of six months immediately before his death,
then, after his death, that person or if there is more than one such person such one of them as may be decided by agreement, or in default of agreement by the county court, shall be the statutory tenant if and so long as he occupies the dwelling-house as his residence.
5. F5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .N.I.
F5Sch. 1 paras. 5-7 and 9-11 repealed (1.4.2007) by Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1459 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 61(1), 75, Sch. 5 (with art. 61(2)); S.R. 2006/428, art. 3(b)(c)
6. F6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .N.I.
F6Sch. 1 paras. 5-7 and 9-11 repealed (1.4.2007) by Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1459 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 61(1), 75, Sch. 5 (with art. 61(2)); S.R. 2006/428, art. 3(b)(c)
7. F7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .N.I.
F7Sch. 1 paras. 5-7 and 9-11 repealed (1.4.2007) by Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1459 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 61(1), 75, Sch. 5 (with art. 61(2)); S.R. 2006/428, art. 3(b)(c)
Para. 8 rep. by 1986 NI 13
9. F8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .N.I.
F8Sch. 1 paras. 5-7 and 9-11 repealed (1.4.2007) by Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1459 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 61(1), 75, Sch. 5 (with art. 61(2)); S.R. 2006/428, art. 3(b)(c)
10. F9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .N.I.
F9Sch. 1 paras. 5-7 and 9-11 repealed (1.4.2007) by Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1459 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 61(1), 75, Sch. 5 (with art. 61(2)); S.R. 2006/428, art. 3(b)(c)
11. F10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .N.I.
F10Sch. 1 paras. 5-7 and 9-11 repealed (1.4.2007) by Private Tenancies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1459 (N.I. 10)), arts. 1(3), 61(1), 75, Sch. 5 (with art. 61(2)); S.R. 2006/428, art. 3(b)(c)