Statutory Instruments

2015 No. 404

Marriage, Scotland

Marriage, Northern Ireland

Civil Partnership, Scotland

Civil Partnership, Northern Ireland

Immigration

The Sham Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland and Northern Ireland) (Administrative) Regulations 2015

Made

26th February 2015

Laid before Parliament

27th February 2015

Coming into force

2nd March 2015

The Secretary of State has extended the referral and investigation scheme to proposed marriages and civil partnerships under the law of Scotland and Northern Ireland by orders made under section 53 of the Immigration Act 2014 (“the Act”) M1 .

Accordingly, the Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 54(2) and (3) and 74(8)(d) of, and Schedule 5 to, the Act.

In accordance with section 54(7) of the Act, the Secretary of State has consulted the Registrar General for Scotland and the Registrar General for Northern Ireland before making these Regulations.

Marginal Citations

M1 2014 c. 22; the Referral and Investigation of Proposed Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Northern Ireland and Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/395) and the Referral and Investigation of Proposed Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Scotland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/396) (respectively in these footnotes the “Northern Ireland Order” and the “Scotland Order”).