[F1(1)This section applies to a marriage that is to be solemnised on the authority of certificates issued by a superintendent registrar under Part 3 of the Marriage Act 1949 (the “1949 Act”) unless each party to the marriage falls within exception A or exception B.
(1A)A party to the marriage falls within exception A if the person is a relevant national.
(1B)A party to the marriage falls within exception B if—
(a)the person is exempt from immigration control, and
(b)the notice of marriage is accompanied by the specified evidence required by section 28C(2) of the 1949 Act that the person is exempt from immigration control.]
(2)In relation to a marriage to which this section applies, the notices under section 27 of the Marriage Act 1949—
(a)shall be given to the superintendent registrar of a registration district specified for the purpose of this paragraph by regulations made by the Secretary of State,
(b)shall be delivered to the superintendent registrar in person by the two parties to the marriage,
(c)may be given only if each party to the marriage has been resident in a registration district for the period of seven days immediately before the giving of his or her notice (but the district need not be that in which the notice is given and the parties need not have resided in the same district), and
(d)shall state, in relation to each party, the registration district by reference to which paragraph (c) is satisfied.
F2(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F3(4)In this section—
(a)a reference to a person being a relevant national, or being exempt from immigration control, has the same meaning as in section 49 of the Immigration Act 2014;
(b)“notice of marriage” means a notice of marriage given under section 27 of the 1949 Act.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 19(1)-(1B) substituted for s. 19(1) (1.3.2015) by Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), ss. 58(2), 75(3); S.I. 2015/371, art. 2(1)(j) (with art. 6)
F2S. 19(3) repealed (9.5.2011) by The Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004 (Remedial) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1158), arts. 1(1), 2(1)(a)
F3S. 19(4) substituted (1.3.2015) by Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), ss. 58(3), 75(3); S.I. 2015/371, art. 2(1)(j) (with art. 6)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 19 revocation of earlier affecting provision SI 2008/680 Sch. 8 para. 7(5) (9.5.2011) by The Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004 (Remedial) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1158), arts. 1(1), 8(3)(a)
Commencement Information
I1S. 19(1) in force at 1.2.2005 by S.I. 2004/3398, art. 3
I2S. 19(2)(3) in force at 1.12.2004 for specified purposes by S.I. 2004/2999, art. 2, Sch.
I3S. 19(2)(3)(4) in force at 1.2.2005 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2004/3398, art. 3
I4S. 19(4) in force at 1.12.2004 for specified purposes by S.I. 2004/2999, art. 2, Sch.