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The Referral and Investigation of Proposed Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Northern Ireland and Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2015

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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Referral and Investigation of Proposed Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Northern Ireland and Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2015 No. 395

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9.—(1) The Secretary of State may—

(a)disclose any information held by the Secretary of State, or

(b)supply any document held by the Secretary of State,

to a registration official for use for verification purposes.

(2) In this paragraph “verification purposes” means—

(a)assisting in the verification of information provided to a relevant official by a person giving—

(i)notice of intention to marry under Article 3 of the 2003 Order, or

(ii)notice of proposed civil partnership under section 139 of the 2004 Act;

(b)assisting in the verification of the immigration status of a person who contacts a relevant official in connection with the exercise of a function by a registration official;

(c)assisting in the verification of whether a person who contacts a relevant official in connection with the exercise of a function by a registration official—

(i)is suspected of involvement in crime relating to immigration, or

(ii)has been convicted of an offence relating to immigration.

(3) In this paragraph “relevant official” means—

(a)a registration official, or

(b)any other person employed to assist the exercise of functions by registration officials.

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