The Immigration (Isle of Man) (Amendment) Order 2011

Texts of the Immigration legislation as extended to the Isle of Man

13.  In Part 4 (the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999(1))—

(a) after section 24 (duty to report suspicious marriages) insert—

“24A.   Duty to report suspicious civil partnerships

(1) Subsection (3) applies if—

(a) a registrar to whom a notice of proposed civil partnership has been given under section 9 of the Civil Partnership Act 2011 (an Act of Tynwald), or

(b) any person who, under section 9 of that Act, has attested a declaration accompanying such a notice,

has reasonable grounds for suspecting that the civil partnership will be a sham civil partnership.

(2) Subsection (3) also applies if—

(a) two people register as civil partners of each other under Part 2 of that Act in the presence of the registrar, and

(b) before, during or immediately after they do so, the registrar has reasonable grounds for suspecting that the civil partnership will be, or is, a sham civil partnership.

(3) The person concerned must report his suspicion to the Governor without delay and in such form and manner as may be prescribed by regulations.

(4) The regulations are to be made by the Clerk of the Rolls.

(5) “Sham civil partnership” means a civil partnership (whether or not void)—

(a) formed between a person (“A”) who is neither a British citizen nor a national of an EEA State other than the United Kingdom and another person (whether or not such a citizen or such a national), and

(b) formed by A for the purpose of avoiding the effect of one or more provisions of Isle of Man immigration law or the immigration rules.”; and

(b) in section 25(6A) (provision of facilities for immigration control at ports), for “Transport” substitute “Infrastructure”.

(1)

1999 c. 33.