Change of address
4(1)The Secretary of State may, by regulations, make provision about the giving to the Secretary of State of—
(a)notice of a relevant person’s usual address, if the person’s notified usual address changes;
(b)notice of a relevant person’s UK contact address, if the person’s notified usual address is not in the United Kingdom;
(c)notice of a relevant person’s UK contact address, if the person’s notified UK contact address changes;
(d)evidence of any address notified in accordance with regulations under paragraph (a), (b) or (c).
(2)Regulations under this paragraph may, in particular, make—
(a)provision imposing a requirement on a person;
(b)provision about the rejection of information or evidence which there are reasonable grounds to suspect to be false.
(3)Regulations under sub-paragraph (1)(d) may, in particular, make any provision of the kind that may be made under paragraph 3(2).
(4)In this paragraph—
“notified”, in relation to an address of a relevant person, means notified (whether to the Secretary of State or another person) in connection with the proposed Scottish or Northern Ireland marriage or civil partnership (including any such address notified in accordance with provision made by an extension order or regulations made under this paragraph);
“relevant person” means a person who is a party to a proposed Scottish or Northern Ireland marriage or civil partnership in a case where that person or the other party is not a relevant national (or both of them are not relevant nationals);
“UK contact address” means an address in the United Kingdom at which a person can be contacted by post.