{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-act-2014/schedule-6/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-act-2014/schedule-6/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2014/22",
  "legislation_title": "Immigration Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-act-2014",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies if—\n(a) a superintendent registrar refers a proposed marriage to the Secretary of State under section 28H of the Marriage Act 1949, or\n(b) a registration authority refers a proposed civil partnership to the Secretary of State under section 12A of the Civil Partnership Act 2004.\n(2) The Secretary of State may—\n(a) disclose relevant information to a registration official, or\n(b) supply a document containing relevant information to a registration official.\n(3) In this paragraph “relevant information” means any of the following information—\n(a) the fact that the proposed marriage or civil partnership has been referred to the Secretary of State;\n(b) the names of the parties to the proposed marriage or civil partnership;\n(c) in the case of a proposed marriage—\n(i) any information included with the referral in accordance with regulations under section 28H of the Marriage Act 1949;\n(ii) any address of a party to the proposed marriage notified to the Secretary of State in accordance with such regulations or regulations under section 28D of the Marriage Act 1949;\n(d) in the case of a proposed civil partnership—\n(i) any information included with the referral in accordance with regulations under section 12A of the Civil Partnership Act 2004;\n(ii) any address of a party to the proposed civil partnership notified to the Secretary of State in accordance with such regulations or regulations under section 9B of the Civil Partnership Act 2004;\n(e) details of any immigration enforcement action taken by the Secretary of State in respect of a party to the proposed marriage or civil partnership (including any action taken after solemnization of the marriage or formation of the civil partnership);\n(f) details of any immigration decision taken wholly or partly by reference to the marriage or civil partnership (whether while it was proposed or after it was solemnized or formed).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/22/schedule/6/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:07:34.341350+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}