SCHEDULES
F1SCHEDULE 3AModifications if proposed marriage referred under section 28H
No F2marriage schedule to be issued until decision about investigation etc
Words in Sch. 3A para. 2 cross-heading substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 48(2) (with Sch. 2)
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The duty under section 31(2) to issue a F3marriage schedule in respect of the referred marriage does not apply unless and until one of the following events occurs.
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Event 1 occurs if—
a
the Secretary of State gives the superintendent registrar F5or (as the case may be) superintendent registrars the section 48 notice, and
b
that notice is of a decision not to investigate whether the referred marriage is a sham.
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Event 2 occurs if—
a
the relevant statutory period ends, and
b
the Secretary of State has not given the superintendent registrar F6or (as the case may be) superintendent registrars the section 48 notice.
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Event 3 occurs if—
a
the Secretary of State gives the superintendent registrar F7or (as the case may be) superintendent registrars the section 48 notice,
b
that notice is of a decision to investigate whether the referred marriage is a sham,
c
the Secretary of State gives the superintendent registrar F8or (as the case may be) superintendent registrars the section 50 notice, and
d
that notice is of a decision that both of the parties to the referred marriage have complied with the investigation.
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Event 4 occurs if—
a
the 70 day period ends, and
b
the Secretary of State has not given the superintendent registrar F9or (as the case may be) superintendent registrars the section 50 notice.
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Event 5 occurs if the Secretary of State gives the superintendent registrar F10or (as the case may be) superintendent registrars notice that the duty under section 31(2) is applicable.
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The Secretary of State may give a notice for that purpose only if—
a
the Secretary of State has given the superintendent registrar F11or (as the case may be) superintendent registrars the section 48 notice,
b
that notice is of a decision to investigate whether the referred marriage is a sham,
c
the Secretary of State has given the superintendent registrar F12or (as the case may be) superintendent registrars the section 50 notice, and
d
that notice is of a decision that one or both of the parties to the referred marriage have not complied with the investigation.
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This paragraph applies in addition to any other requirements applicable to the issue of the F4marriage schedule.
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This paragraph is subject to paragraph 4.
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In this paragraph—
“70 day period” has the same meaning as in section 50 of the 2014 Act;
“relevant statutory period” has the same meaning as in section 48 of the 2014 Act;
“section 48 notice” means notice under section 48(7) of the 2014 Act;
“section 50 notice” means notice under section 50(7) of the 2014 Act.
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)