Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33)

SCHEDULES

[F1 SCHEDULE 13A E+W Modifications if proposed civil partnership referred under section 139E

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 13A inserted (1.3.2015) by The Referral and Investigation of Proposed Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Northern Ireland and Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/395), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 3 (with art. 1(3))

Civil partnership to be investigated: completion of civil partnership schedule E+W

3. (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.]