SCHEDULES
F1SCHEDULE 10AModifications if proposed civil partnership referred under section 88F
3Civil partnership to be investigated: extension of 28 day period to 70 days
1
The modifications in this paragraph have effect if the Secretary of State gives the district registrar notice under section 48(8D) of the 2014 Act of a decision to investigate whether the referred civil partnership is a sham.
2
Section 91(1) has effect as if—
a
for the words from “being” to “section 90” there were substituted “being a date before the expiry of the relevant 70 day period”, and
b
the words from “; and if a date” to the end were omitted.
3
Section 94 has effect as if for paragraph (b) there were substituted—
b
the relevant 70 day period has expired,”.
4
In sections 91 and 94 (as modified by this paragraph) and in paragraph 4 “relevant 70 day period” means the period—
a
beginning the day after the particulars of the proposed civil partnership are entered in the civil partnership book in accordance with section 89 (civil partnership notice book), and
b
ending at the end of the period of 70 days beginning with that day.
5
This paragraph is subject to paragraph 4.
Sch. 10A inserted for specified purposes (1.3.2015) by The Referral and Investigation of Proposed Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Scotland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/396), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 3 (with art. 1(3)(5))