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[F11[F2(1A) Part 3 of this Schedule applies if—E+W
(a)two people wish to register in Scotland as civil partners of each other, and
(b)one of them is subject to immigration control.
(1B)Part 4 of this Schedule applies if—
(a)two people wish to register in Northern Ireland as civil partners of each other, and
(b)one of them is subject to immigration control.]
(2)Part 4 of this Schedule applies to a civil partnership that is to be formed in Northern Ireland by signing a civil partnership schedule unless each party to the civil partnership falls within exception A or exception B.
(3)A party to the civil partnership falls within exception A if the person is a relevant national.
(4)A party to the civil partnership falls within exception B if—
(a)the person is exempt from immigration control, and
(b)the notice of civil partnership is accompanied by the evidence required by regulations made under section 54(2) of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 5 to, the Immigration Act 2014.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 23 para. 1 substituted (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. 8(b) (with art. 1(3))
F2Sch. 23 para. 1(1A)(1B) substituted for Sch. 23 para. 1(1) (1.3.2015) by Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), ss. 58(6), 75(3); S.I. 2015/371, art. 2(1)(j) (with art. 6)