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[F13(1)The modifications in this paragraph have effect if the Secretary of State gives the superintendent registrar notice under section 48(7) of the 2014 Act of a decision to investigate whether the referred marriage is a sham.E+W
(2)Section 31(2): the reference to the said period of 28 days has effect as a reference to the relevant 70 day period.
(3)Section 31(4A)(a): the reference to the period of 28 days has effect as a reference to the relevant 70 day period.
(4)Section 31(5A) and (5C): the reference to the 28 day period has effect as a reference to the relevant 70 day period.
(5)Section 31(5B) does not apply.
(6)Section 75(3)(a): the reference to 28 days has effect as a reference to 70 days (and the reference in section 31(5C) to 28 days has effect accordingly).
(7)In this paragraph “relevant 70 day period” means the period—
(a)beginning the day after notice of the proposed marriage is entered in the marriage book in accordance with Part 3 of the Marriage Act 1949, or is entered in an approved electronic form by virtue of section 27(4A) of that Act, and
(b)ending at the end of the period of 70 days beginning with that day.]
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F1Sch. 3A inserted (1.3.2015) by Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), s. 75(3), Sch. 4 para. 9 (with Sch. 9 para. 66); S.I. 2015/371, art. 2(1)(f)
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