SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5Sham marriage and civil partnership: administrative regulations

3Evidence

1

The Secretary of State may make regulations about the supply of evidence in accordance with a relevant evidence provision.

2

Regulations under this paragraph may, in particular, make provision about—

a

the kind of evidence which is to be supplied;

b

the form in which evidence is to be supplied;

c

the manner in which evidence is to be supplied;

d

the period within which evidence is to be supplied;

e

the supply of further evidence;

f

the sufficiency of evidence supplied;

g

the consequences of failing to supply sufficient evidence in accordance with the regulations (including provision to secure that, in such a case, a particular decision is made or is to be treated as having been made);

h

the retention or copying of evidence supplied.

3

In this paragraph—

  • “evidence” includes a photograph or other image;

  • “relevant evidence provision” means provision (whether or not made by an extension order) about the supply of evidence in relation to a proposed Scottish or Northern Ireland marriage or civil partnership in a case where one or both of the parties is not a relevant national.