Rent Act 1977

2E+WAccommodation shall be deemed suitable in this Case if it consists of—

(a)premises which are to be let as a separate dwelling such that they will then be let on a protected tenancy, or

(b)premises which are to be let as a separate dwelling on terms which will, in the opinion of the court, afford to the tenant security of tenure reasonably equivalent to the security afforded by Part VII of this Act in the case of a protected tenancy,

and, in the opinion of the court, the accommodation fulfils the conditions in paragraph 3 below.