PART 4 Referrals

12 Timing of referral
As soon as practicable after (as the case may be)—
(a) the superintendent registrar has entered the particulars of the proposed marriage in the marriage register under section 27(4) of the 1949 Act , or
Words in reg. 12(a) substituted (4.5.2021) by The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/411), reg. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 69(2) (with Sch. 2)
Section 27(4) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Marriage Act 1983 (c. 32) and paragraphs 1 and 2(1) and (3) of Schedule 4 to the Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22).
(b) the registration authority has recorded the information required in the register under section 8(5) of the 2004 Act,
the superintendent registrar or (as the case may be) the registration authority must refer the proposed marriage or civil partnership to the Secretary of State.