SCHEDULES

F1SCHEDULE 3AModifications if proposed marriage referred under section 28H

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Amendments (Textual)

Marriage to be investigated: extension of waiting period to 70 days

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The modifications in this paragraph have effect if the Secretary of State gives the superintendent registrar notice under section 48(7) of the 2014 Act of a decision to investigate whether the referred marriage is a sham.

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Section 31(4A)(a): the reference to the period of 28 days has effect as a reference to the relevant 70 day period.

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Section 31(5A) F3...: the reference to the 28 day period has effect as a reference to the relevant 70 day period.

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Section 31(5B) does not apply.

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In this paragraph “relevant 70 day period” means the period—

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beginning the day after notice of the proposed marriage is F5recorded in the marriage register in accordance with Part 3 of the Marriage Act 1949, F6... and

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ending at the end of the period of 70 days beginning with that day.