Point in time view as at 14/12/2023.
Immigration Act 2014, Paragraph 2 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 06 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
2(1)A registration official may—E+W
(a)disclose any information held by the registration official, or
(b)supply any document held by the registration official,
to the Secretary of State, or to another registration official, for use for either of the following purposes.
(2)Those purposes are—
(a)immigration purposes;
(b)purposes connected with the exercise of functions relating to—
(i)the referral of proposed marriages to the Secretary of State under section 28H of the Marriage Act 1949, or
(ii)the referral of proposed civil partnerships to the Secretary of State under section 12A of the Civil Partnership Act 2004.
(3)In this paragraph “immigration purposes” means—
(a)the administration of immigration control under the Immigration Acts;
(b)the prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution of criminal offences relating to immigration;
(c)the imposition of penalties or charges under Part 3 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999;
(d)the provision of support for asylum-seekers and their dependants under Part 6 of that Act;
(e)such other purposes as may be specified by the Secretary of State by order.
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