Part 2

Civil partnership: England and Wales
Chapter 1

Registration

The standard procedure

Additional information if party not relevant national
8A
1
This section applies to notice of proposed civil partnership given to a registration authority in accordance with section 8 if one, or each, of the parties to the proposed civil partnership is not a relevant national.
2
But this section does not apply if Schedule 3 applies to the proposed civil partnership.
3
For each party to the proposed civil partnership who is not a relevant national, the notice must include whichever of statements A, B or C is applicable to that person.
4
Statement A is a statement that the person has the appropriate immigration status.
5
Statement B is a statement that the person holds a relevant visa in respect of the proposed civil partnership.
6
Statement C is a statement that the person neither—
a
has the appropriate immigration status, nor
b
holds a relevant visa in respect of the proposed civil partnership.
7
If the notice contains the statement referred to in the first column of an entry in this table, the notice must be accompanied by the information and photographs referred to in the second column of that entry (insofar as that entry is applicable to the parties to the proposed civil partnership)—
If the notice includes this statement... | ...the notice must be accompanied by...
Statement A (in respect of one or both of the parties to the proposed civil partnership) | For each party in respect of whom statement A is made, details of the particular immigration status which that party has
Statement B (in respect of one or both of the parties to the proposed civil partnership) | 1 For each party, a specified photograph of that party 2 For each party in respect of whom statement B is made, details of the relevant visa which that party has
Statement C (in respect of one or both of the parties to the proposed civil partnership) | 1 For each party, a specified photograph of that party 2 For each party, the usual address of that party 3 For each party whose usual address is outside the United Kingdom, an address in the United Kingdom at which that party can be contacted by post 4 For each party who has previously used any name or names other than the person's name stated in the notice of proposed civil partnership in accordance with regulations under section 8(2), a statement of the other name or names 5 For each party who currently uses, or has previously used, an alias or aliases, a statement of the alias or aliases
8
If the notice contains more than one of statements A, B and C, subsection (7) must be complied with in relation to each of those statements; but where the notice contains statements B and C, subsection (7) does not require the notice to be accompanied by more than one specified photograph of each party.
9
If the notice includes statement C for a party to the proposed civil partnership—
a
the notice may be accompanied by a statement (“statement D”) of that person's immigration position in the United Kingdom;
b
if the notice is accompanied by statement D for a party to the proposed civil partnership, the person may provide the registration authority with details of his or her immigration position in the United Kingdom; and
c
if any such details are provided, the registration authority must record them.
10
In this section—
a
a reference—
i
to a person having the appropriate immigration status, or
ii
to a person holding a relevant visa,
has the same meaning as in section 49 of the Immigration Act 2014;
b
a reference to the particular immigration status which a person has is a reference to the immigration status set out in any of paragraphs (a) to (c) of section 49(2) of that Act which the person has;
c
a reference to a person's immigration position in the United Kingdom includes a reference to the person's not being entitled to be in the United Kingdom.
11
In this section “
specified photograph
” means a photograph that is in accordance with regulations made under section 9E (and for this purpose “
photograph
” includes other kinds of images).
S. 8A inserted (20.10.2014 for specified purposes, 1.3.2015 in so far as not already in force) by Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), s. 75(3), Sch. 4 para. 20 (with Sch. 9 para. 66); S.I. 2014/2771, art. 3(e); S.I. 2015/371, art. 2(1)(f)