# The Immigration (Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) Order 2014, Article 5A


(1) Where the occupier or prospective occupier has leave to enter the United Kingdom pursuant to article 8B of the Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) Order 2000 (further provision as to automatic grant of leave)(, the steps are that a landlord or agent—
(a) obtains from the occupier or prospective occupier—
(i) a passport showing that the holder is a national of a country listed in the Schedule to the Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) Order 2000; and
(ii) a document or a copy of such a document (whether in an electronic form or otherwise) which indicates that the holder has arrived in the United Kingdom from another country within the period of six months ending with the day before the day on which the landlord obtains that passport and document or a copy of such a document; or
(b) subject to article 6, where the occupier or prospective occupier cannot provide the documents (or copies of such documents, as the case may be) referred to in sub-paragraph (a), obtains a Positive Right to Rent Notice in respect of the occupier or prospective occupier from the Landlord Checking Service.
(2) Where the landlord or agent obtains any document or copy of such document from an occupier or prospective occupier or the Landlord Checking Service pursuant to paragraph (1), the landlord or agent must comply with the requirements set out in article 5 in respect of that document or copy.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2874/article/5A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-residential-accommodation-prescribed-requirements-and-codes-of-practice-order-2014/article-5A
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