# The Marriage (Northern Ireland) Order 2003, Paragraph 3: Marriage to be investigated: no marriage schedule to be completed until expiry of 70 day period


(1) The modifications in this paragraph have effect if the Secretary of State gives the registrar notice under section 48(8A) of the 2014 Act of a decision to investigate whether the referred marriage is a sham.
(2) Article 7 has effect as if—
(a) in paragraph (1), after “intended marriage” there were inserted “but not before the expiry of the relevant 70 day period,”; and
(b) after paragraph (6) there were inserted—
“(7) In this Article “relevant 70 day period” means the period—
(a) beginning the day on which the record relating to the marriage is made in the marriage notice book, and
(b) ending at the end of the period of 70 days beginning with that day.”
(3) This paragraph is subject to paragraphs 4 and 5.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2003/413/schedule/2/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-northern-ireland-order-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-3
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