[F13(1)The modifications in this paragraph have effect if the Secretary of State gives the registration authority notice under section 48(8) of the 2014 Act of a decision to investigate whether the referred civil partnership is a sham.E+W
(2)Section 11(b): the reference to the period of 28 days has effect as a reference to the relevant 70 day period.
(3)But, for the purposes of section 10, the waiting period is not extended by sub-paragraph (2).
(4)In this paragraph “relevant 70 day period” means the period—
(a)beginning the day after notice of the proposed civil partnership is recorded in the register in accordance with section 8(5), and
(b)ending at the end of the period of 70 days beginning with that day.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 3A inserted (1.3.2015) by Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), s. 75(3), Sch. 4 para. 25 (with Sch. 9 para. 66); S.I. 2015/371, art. 2(1)(f)