PART 4Marriage and civil partnership

CHAPTER 2Sham marriage and civil partnership

56Duty to report suspicious marriages and civil partnerships

(1)

The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 is amended in accordance with this section.

(2)

In section 24 (duty to report suspicious marriages), in subsection (1)—

(a)

after paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa)

a superintendent registrar, or registrar of births, deaths and marriages, who receives information in advance of a person giving such a notice,”;

(b)

at the end of paragraph (c), omit “or”;

(c)

after paragraph (c) insert—

“(ca)

a district registrar who receives information in advance of a person submitting such a notice or certificate,”;

(d)

after paragraph (d) insert“or

(da)

a registrar or deputy registrar who receives information in advance of a person giving such a notice,”.

(3)

In section 24A (duty to report suspicious civil partnerships), in subsection (1)—

(a)

after paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa)

a registration authority that receives information in advance of a person giving such a notice,”;

(b)

at the end of paragraph (c), omit “or”;

(c)

after paragraph (c) insert—

“(ca)

a district registrar who receives information in advance of a person giving such a notice,”;

(d)

after paragraph (d) insert“or

(da)

a registrar who receives information in advance of a person giving such a notice,”.