Commentary on Sections Part 3 - Provisions Applying to All Occupation Contracts Chapter 8 - Dealing Section 73 – Succession on death
223.If a sole contract-holder dies and there is a person who survives the contract-holder who is qualified to replace, or to ‘succeed’ the contract-holder, then that surviving person will ‘succeed to the occupation contract’, that is, the surviving person will become the contract-holder under the contract in place of the contract-holder who has died. This principle applies to all occupation contracts apart from:
224.Section 78 deals with instances where there is more than one possible successor.