SCHEDULES

F1SCHEDULE 13AModifications if proposed civil partnership referred under section 139E

Annotations:

3Civil partnership to be investigated: completion of civil partnership schedule

1

The modifications in this paragraph have effect if the Secretary of State gives the registrar notice under section 48(8B) of the 2014 Act of a decision to investigate whether the referred civil partnership is a sham.

2

Section 143, which becomes subsection (1), has effect as if—

a

after “proposed civil partners,” there were inserted “but not before the expiry of the relevant 70 day period,”; and

b

after subsection (1) there were inserted—

2

In this section “relevant 70 day period” means the period—

a

beginning the day on which the record relating to the proposed civil partnership is made in the civil partnership notice book, and

b

ending at the end of the period of 70 days beginning with that day.

3

This paragraph is subject to paragraphs 4 and 5.