{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-marriages-regulations-2015/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-marriages-regulations-2015/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/207",
  "legislation_title": "The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-marriages-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Specified Evidence",
  "text": "(1) Schedule 3 has effect to specify—\n(a) evidence of a person’s relevant nationality, for the purposes of sections 8(1)(b) and 16(1C) of the Act (see paragraph 2 of Schedule 3);\n(b) evidence of a person’s name, surname, and date of birth, for the purposes of section 28B(1)(a) and (b) of the Act, and a person’s nationality, for the purposes of section 28B(1)(d) of the Act (see paragraph 3 of Schedule 3);\n(c) evidence of a person’s place of residence, for the purposes of section 28B(1)(c) of the Act (see paragraph 4 of Schedule 3); and\n(d) evidence of the ending of a person’s previous marriage or civil partnership, for the purposes of section 28B(2) of the Act (see paragraph 5 of Schedule 3).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 8 in force at 2.3.2015, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 8 was amended by section 57(3) of the Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 16 was amended by section 57(4) of the Immigration Act 2014."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 28B was inserted by paragraph 7 of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/207/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:48:07.021407+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."
}