The Sham Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland and Northern Ireland) (Administrative) Regulations 2015

Notices given by the Secretary of State to registrars and district registrars S+N.I.

5.—(1) This regulation applies to a notice required to be given by the Secretary of State—

(a) in the case of a proposed marriage or civil partnership under the law of Scotland, to a district registrar under—

(i) Part 4 of the 2014 Act,

(ii) paragraph 2(6) of Schedule 1A to the 1977 Act M1 , or

(iii) paragraph 2(6) of Schedule 10A to the 2004 Act M2 ; and

(b) in the case of a proposed marriage or civil partnership under the law of Northern Ireland, to a registrar under—

(i) Part 4 of the 2014 Act,

(ii) paragraph 2(6) of Schedule 2 to the 2003 Order M3 , or

(iii) paragraph 2(6) of Schedule 13A to the 2004 Act M4 .

(2) A notice to which this regulation applies may be—

(a) given by hand,

(b) sent by email to an email address notified for that purpose,

(c) otherwise transmitted electronically in an agreed form,

(d) sent by postal service in which delivery or receipt is recorded to an address notified for that purpose (“the notified address”),

(e) sent by ordinary first or second class postal service to the notified address,

(f) sent by courier to the notified address.

(3) In paragraph (2)—

“agreed” means agreed between the district registrar or (as the case may be) the registrar and the Secretary of State,

“notified” means notified to the Secretary of State by the district registrar or (as the case may be) the registrar.

Marginal Citations

M1 Schedule 1A applies to “referred marriages” by virtue of section 3F. Both section 3F and Schedule 1A are inserted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Scotland Order.

M2 Schedule 10A applies to “referred civil partnerships” by virtue of section 88F. Both section 88F and Schedule 10A are inserted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Scotland Order.

M3 Schedule 2 applies to “referred marriages” by virtue of Article 3E. Both Article 3E and Schedule 2 are inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Order.

M4 Schedule 13A applies to “referred civil partnerships” by virtue of section 139E. Both section 139E and Schedule 13A are inserted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Northern Ireland Order.