Rent Restrictions (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1981

“Tenant”.

3.—In this Act “tenant” in relation to a dwelling—

(a) includes any person from time to time deriving title under the original tenant, and also includes a subtenant,

(b) in the case of the death, whether before or after the passing of this Act, of such tenant, includes a person being—

(i) where the tenant left him surviving his spouse who was bona fide residing with him at the time of his death—that spouse,

(ii) where the tenant did not leave a spouse who was bona fide residing with him at the time of his death, the member of the tenant's family who was bona fide residing with him at the time of his death or, where there is more than one such member, such one of them as may be agreed upon between them or as may be selected by the Court in default of agreement.