# The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2000

S.I. 2000/2698 · made 1 October 2000

This Order brings into force on 1st January 2001 the following provisions of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, so far as not already in force:section 24, which imposes a duty on certain persons to make a report to the Secretary of State without delay if one of those persons has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a marriage will be a sham marriage;section 160, which amends the Marriage Act 1949 (the 1949 Act) so as to abolish certificates by licence, specify a waiting period of 15 days and provide for a reduction of that period if there are compelling reasons;section 161, which amends the 1949 Act so that notice of marriage must be given by each party to the marriage;section 162, which amends the 1949 Act and the Marriage Law (Ireland) Amendment Act 1863 so that the person to whom notice of marriage has been given has the power to require that certain evidence be provided;section 163, which amends the 1949 Act and the Marriages (Ireland) Act 1844, by providing for refusal to issue a certificate for marriage and a right of appeal against such refusal;certain consequential amendments in Schedule 14 together with entries in the repeals Schedule, Schedule 16.

Made under: Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (Section 166, Section 170)

## Introductory text

IMMIGRATION
Made 1st October 2000
In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 166(3) and 170(4) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:

## 1 Citation and interpretation

(1) This Order may be cited as the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2000.
(2) In this Order—
“the 1949 Act” means the Marriage Act 1949;
“the 1969 Act” means the Family Law Reform Act 1969;
“the 1970 Act” means the Marriage (Registrar General’s Licence) Act 1970;
“the 1999 Act” means the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.

## 2 Commencement

The provisions of the 1999 Act specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on 1st January 2001 but where a particular purpose is specified in relation to any such provision in column 2 of that Schedule, the provision concerned shall come into force on that date only for that purpose.

## Signature

Jack Straw
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
1st October 2000

## Schedule THE 

Column 1
Column 2
Section 24 (Reporting suspicious marriages)
Sections 160 to 163 (Registrar’s Certificates: Procedure).
Section 169(1) and (3) (Schedules 14 and 16).
Commenced for the purposes of the provisions of Schedules 14 and 16 commenced by this Order.
In Schedule 14, paragraphs 1 to 32, 37 to 42 and 77.
In Schedule 16 (Repeals) the entries relating to the 1949 Act, the 1969 Act and the 1970 Act.

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 1st January 2001 the following provisions of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, so far as not already in force:
(a) section 24, which imposes a duty on certain persons to make a report to the Secretary of State without delay if one of those persons has reasonable grounds for suspecting that a marriage will be a sham marriage;
(b) section 160, which amends the Marriage Act 1949 (the 1949 Act) so as to abolish certificates by licence, specify a waiting period of 15 days and provide for a reduction of that period if there are compelling reasons;
(c) section 161, which amends the 1949 Act so that notice of marriage must be given by each party to the marriage;
(d) section 162, which amends the 1949 Act and the Marriage Law (Ireland) Amendment Act 1863 so that the person to whom notice of marriage has been given has the power to require that certain evidence be provided;
(e) section 163, which amends the 1949 Act and the Marriages (Ireland) Act 1844, by providing for refusal to issue a certificate for marriage and a right of appeal against such refusal;
(f) certain consequential amendments in Schedule 14 together with entries in the repeals Schedule, Schedule 16.

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Page: https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-act-1999-commencement-no-7-order-2000
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