Paragraph 2 No marriage schedule to be completed until decision about investigation etcF1

(1)

The duty under Article 7(1) to complete a marriage schedule in respect of the referred marriage does not apply unless and until one of the following events occurs.

(2)

Event 1 occurs if—

(a)

the Secretary of State gives the registrar the section 48 notice, and

(b)

that notice is of a decision not to investigate whether the referred marriage is a sham.

(3)

Event 2 occurs if—

(a)

the relevant statutory period ends, and

(b)

the Secretary of State has not given the registrar the section 48 notice.

(4)

Event 3 occurs if—

(a)

the Secretary of State gives the registrar the section 48 notice,

(b)

that notice is of a decision to investigate whether the referred marriage is a sham,

(c)

the Secretary of State gives the registrar the section 50 notice, and

(d)

that notice is of a decision that both of the parties to the referred marriage have complied with the investigation.

(5)

Event 4 occurs if—

(a)

the 70 day period ends, and

(b)

the Secretary of State has not given the registrar the section 50 notice.

(6)

Event 5 occurs if the Secretary of State gives the registrar notice that the duty under Article 7 is applicable.

(7)

The Secretary of State may give a notice for that purpose only if—

(a)

the Secretary of State has given the registrar the section 48 notice,

(b)

that notice is of a decision to investigate whether the referred marriage is a sham,

(c)

the Secretary of State has given the registrar the section 50 notice, and

(d)

that notice is of a decision that one or both of the parties to the referred marriage have not complied with the investigation.

(8)

This paragraph applies in addition to any other requirements applicable to the completion of the marriage schedule.

(9)

This paragraph is subject to paragraphs 3, 4 and 5.

(10)

In this paragraph—

“70 day period” has the same meaning as in section 50(11) of the 2014 Act;
“relevant statutory period” has the same meaning as in section 62 of the 2014 Act;
“section 48 notice” means notice under section 48(8A) of the 2014 Act;
“section 50 notice” means notice under section 50(7) of the 2014 Act.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 2 inserted (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. 1 para. 4 (with art. 1(3))