73A.—(1) Where a hire-purchase agreement is concluded between an owner and a hirer, the owner shall deliver goods to the hirer that are in conformity with the hire-purchase agreement at the relevant time.

(2) Goods are in conformity with the hire-purchase agreement if the goods—

(a) comply with the requirements of sections 73B to 73D, and

(b) do not fall to be treated as not being in conformity with the hire‑purchase agreement under section 73E.

(3) Subject to sections 73B(3) and 73G(1) to (3), where the goods delivered by the owner are not in conformity with the hire-purchase agreement at the relevant time, the hirer shall have the right to the remedies specified in section 73I and 73L.

(4) In this section, "relevant time"—

(a) in relation to goods other than goods with digital elements, means the time at which—

(i) the hirer or a person indicated by the hirer for the purpose acquires the physical possession of the goods, or

(ii) the goods are delivered to a carrier who was commissioned by the hirer to deliver the goods (and who was not proposed by the owner for that purpose),

and

(b) in relation to goods with digital elements, means the time at which, following delivery of the physical component of the goods to the hirer or a person indicated by the hirer for the purpose—

(i) the single act of supply of the digital content or digital service is performed, or

(ii) the continuous supply of the digital content or digital service over a period of time begins,

in such a way that the digital content or digital service, or any means suitable for downloading or accessing it, has reached the sphere of the hirer and no further action by the owner is required in order to enable the hirer to use the digital content or digital service in accordance with the hire-purchase agreement.]