SCHEDULES

[F1 SCHEDULE 3A E+WModifications if proposed marriage referred under section 28H

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 3A inserted (1.3.2015) by Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), s. 75(3), Sch. 4 para. 9 (with Sch. 9 para. 66); S.I. 2015/371, art. 2(1)(f)

Marriage to be investigated: extension of waiting period to 70 days E+W

3 (1) 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. E+W

F2 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

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

(5) Section 31(5B) does not apply.

F4 (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

(a) beginning the day after notice of the proposed marriage is [F5 recorded in the marriage register] in accordance with Part 3 of the Marriage Act 1949, F6 ... and

(b) ending at the end of the period of 70 days beginning with that day.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 3A para. 3(2) omitted (4.5.2021) by virtue of The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 48(4)(a) (with Sch. 2)

F3 Words in Sch. 3A para. 3(4) omitted (4.5.2021) by virtue of The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 48(4)(b) (with Sch. 2)

F4 Sch. 3A para. 3(6) omitted (4.5.2021) by virtue of The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 48(4)(c) (with Sch. 2)

F5 Words in Sch. 3A para. 3(7)(a) substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 48(4)(d)(i) (with Sch. 2)

F6 Words in Sch. 3A para. 3(7)(a) omitted (4.5.2021) by virtue of The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 48(4)(d)(ii) (with Sch. 2)