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The Reporting of Suspicious Civil Partnerships Regulations 2005

S.I. 2005/3174 · Made 15 November 2005

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CIVIL PARTNERSHIP, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 15th November 2005

Coming into force 5th December 2005

The Registrar General, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 24A(3) and (4)(a) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999f1 , with the approval of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1999 c. 33; section 24A was inserted in the 1999 Act by paragraph 162 of Schedule 27 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Reporting of suspicious civil partnerships
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule Schedule
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Reporting of Suspicious Civil Partnerships Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 5th December 2005.

(2)

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires “the 1999 Act” means the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.

2Reporting of suspicious civil partnerships

For the purpose of section 24A of the 1999 Act (duty to report suspicious civil partnerships) the person concernedf1 shall—

(a)

report his suspicions to the Secretary of State by making a report in writing or other permanent form giving the information specified in the Schedule to these Regulations, and

(b)

forward that report to the Home Office, National Intelligence Unit, PO Box 1000, Hayes, Middlesex UB3 5WB or, where the Secretary of State has notified the Registrar General of another address to be used in relation to any particular registration authority, that address.

Signature

Given under my hand on

Karen Dunnell

Registrar General

15th November 2005

I approve

Signed by authority of the Chancellor of the Exchequer

John Healey

Financial Secretary to the Treasury

15th November 2005

  • Name and surname of each of the civil partners

  • Date of birth and /or age of each of the civil partners

  • Sex of each of the civil partners

  • Condition of each of the civil partners

  • Address (and registration authority of residence) of each of the civil partners

  • Nationality of each of the civil partners

  • Date of formation of civil partnership

  • Place of formation of civil partnership

  • Time of formation of civil partnership

  • Nature of evidence produced in respect of—

    1. (i)

      name and age

    2. (ii)

      condition

    3. (iii)

      nationality

    of the civil partners

  • Reasons for making the report

  • Full name of person making the report

  • Name of registration authority on whose behalf the report is being made

  • Date report made

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations set out the procedure for reporting certain civil partnerships to the Secretary of State where it is suspected that the civil partnership will be, or is, a sham civil partnership.