Cases in which a residential tenancy agreement is to be treated as being entered into4
A residential tenancy agreement granted by a landlord—
a
to a tenant who is outside the United Kingdom, or
b
to a tenant and one or more other adults who are outside the United Kingdom, whether or not they are named in the agreement,
on condition that the tenant will produce to the landlord documents confirming the tenant’s, and where applicable, any adult’s, right to rent residential premises following the tenant’s, and where applicable the adult’s, arrival in the United Kingdom, shall be treated as being entered into for the purposes of Chapter 1 of Part 3 of the Act on the day on which, under the terms of the residential tenancy agreement, the tenant is entitled to possession.