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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-residential-accommodation-prescribed-requirements-and-codes-of-practice-order-2014/article-5B",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/2874",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration (Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) Order 2014",
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  "number": "5B",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The steps are that—\n(a) the landlord or agent uses the Home Office online right to rent checking service in respect of an occupier or prospective occupier;\n(b) the online right to rent check confirms that the occupier or prospective occupier named in it has the right to rent in the United Kingdom;\n(c) the landlord or agent has satisfied themselves that any photograph on the online right to rent check is of the occupier or prospective occupier; and\n(d) the landlord or agent retains a clear copy of the online right to rent check for a period of not less than one year after the residential tenancy agreement has come to an end.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Arts. 5A, 5B inserted (2.11.2020) by The Immigration (Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1047), arts. 1, 2(5)"
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:58:18.171983+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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