The Proposed Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Conduct of Investigations, etc.) Regulations 2015

Arranging an interview

5.—(1) A relevant party may be required to contact the Secretary of State to arrange an interview.

(2) A relevant party may be required to contact the Secretary of State by—

(a) telephoning the telephone number;

(b) sending a text message to the telephone number;

(c) sending an email to the Home Office or Foreign and Commonwealth Office email address; or

(d) writing to the address,

specified in the section 48 notice or in any subsequent notification as mentioned in section 50(3) of the 2014 Act (“the notification”).

(3) A relevant party may be required to contact the Secretary of State within the time period specified in the section 48 notice or in the notification (which may not be less than a period of three working days beginning with the day on which the notice or the notification is given).

(4) A relevant party who contacts the Secretary of State in accordance with this regulation must make himself or herself reasonably available so that a date and time, being a date no later than the date specified in the section 48 notice or in the notification, can be agreed for an interview to take place.

(5) Where an interview is to take place with a relevant party and the other relevant party, the relevant party may also be required to agree the date and time mentioned in paragraph (4), so far as practicable, on behalf of the other relevant party.