PART 1Introduction and days appointed
Provisions relating to marriage and civil partnership coming into force on 1st and 2nd March 20152
1
The day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act is 1st March 2015—
a
section 48 (decision whether to investigate)3;
b
section 49 (exempt persons), for all remaining purposes;
c
section 50 (conduct of investigation), for all remaining purposes4;
d
section 51 (investigations: supplementary), for all remaining purposes;
e
section 52 (referral of proposed marriages and civil partnerships in England and Wales), for all remaining purposes;
f
Schedule 4 (referral of proposed marriages and civil partnerships in England and Wales), for all remaining purposes;
g
section 53 (extension of scheme to Scotland and Northern Ireland), for all remaining purposes;
h
subsections (1) and (8) of section 54 (provision supplementing section 53), for all remaining purposes;
i
section 55 (meaning of “sham marriage” and “sham civil partnership”);
j
section 58 (requirement as to giving of notice of marriage or civil partnership);
k
section 73(6) (transitional and consequential provision) so far as necessary for the purpose of sub-paragraph (l);
l
paragraph 66 of Schedule 9 (transitional provision relating to marriage and civil partnership).
2
The day appointed for the coming into force of section 57 of the Act (solemnization of marriage according to rites of Church of England) is 2nd March 2015.