Paragraph 1 F1

England and Wales

(F21A)

Part 3 of this Schedule applies if—

(a)

two people wish to register in Scotland as civil partners of each other, and

(b)

one of them is subject to immigration control.

(1B)

Part 4 of this Schedule applies if—

(a)

two people wish to register in Northern Ireland as civil partners of each other, and

(b)

one of them is subject to immigration control.

(2)

Part 4 of this Schedule applies to a civil partnership that is to be formed in Northern Ireland by signing a civil partnership schedule unless each party to the civil partnership falls within exception A or exception B.

(3)

A party to the civil partnership falls within exception A if the person is a relevant national.

(4)

A party to the civil partnership falls within exception B if—

(a)

the person is exempt from immigration control, and

(b)

the notice of civil partnership is accompanied by the evidence required by regulations made under section 54(2) of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 5 to, the Immigration Act 2014.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 23 para. 1 substituted (1.3.2015) by The Referral and Investigation of Proposed Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Northern Ireland and Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/395), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 8(b) (with art. 1(3))
F2: Sch. 23 para. 1(1A)(1B) substituted for Sch. 23 para. 1(1) (1.3.2015) by Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), ss. 58(6), 75(3); S.I. 2015/371, art. 2(1)(j) (with art. 6)