UNITED KINGDOM STATUTORY INSTRUMENT
2005 No. 15
IMMIGRATION
The Immigration (Procedure for Marriage) Regulations 2005
Made 10th January 2005
Laid before Parliament 11th January 2005
Coming into force 1st February 2005
Whereas the Secretary of State has consulted with the Registrar General, the Registrar General for Scotland and the Registrar General for Northern Ireland in accordance with sections 20(4), 22(2) and 24(2) of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004:
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 19(2)(a) and (3)(c), 21(2)(a) and (3)(c), 23(2)(a) and (3)(c) and 25 of that Act, having regard to the meanings of “prescribed” in sections 22(2) and 24(2), hereby makes the following Regulations:
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These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration (Procedure...
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration (Procedure for Marriage) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 1st February 2005.
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In these Regulations, “the 2004 Act ” means the Asylum and...
2. In these Regulations, “the 2004 Act” means the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004.
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3. The registration districts in England and Wales listed in Schedule 1 are specified for the purposes of section 19(2)(a) of the 2004 Act.
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4. Every registration district in Scotland is prescribed for the purposes of section 21(2)(a) of the 2004 Act.
Prescribed registrars in Northern IrelandS-5
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5. The registrar of every register office in Northern Ireland is prescribed for the purposes of section 23(2)(a) of the 2004 Act.
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6.—(1) A person who is settled in the United Kingdom is hereby specified for the purpose of sections 19(3)(c), 21(3)(c) and 23(3)(c) of the 2004 Act.
(2) In this regulation, “settled in the United Kingdom” has the meaning given in paragraph 6 of the immigration rules (which are the rules laid before Parliament under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971).
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A person seeking the permission of the Secretary of State to...
7.—(1) A person seeking the permission of the Secretary of State to marry in the United Kingdom under section 19(3)(b), 21(3)(b) or 23(3)(b) of the 2004 Act shall—
(a)
(a) make an application in writing; and
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(b) pay a fee on the submission of the application in accordance with regulation 8.
(2) The information set out in Schedule 2 is to be contained in or provided with the application.
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The fee to be paid in connection with the application is £135....
8.—(1) The fee to be paid in connection with the application is £135.
(2) The fee is to be paid to the Immigration and Nationality Directorate of the Home Office—
(a)
(a) by a cheque or postal order crossed and made payable to “Home Office Certificate of Approval”; or
(b)
(b) by means of any debit card or credit card which that Directorate accepts.
Des Browne
Minister of State
Home Office
10th January 2005
SCHEDULE 1
Regulation 3
SPECIFIED REGISTRATION DISTRICTS IN ENGLAND AND WALES
Aberconwy
Barking and Dagenham
Barnet
Birmingham
Blackburn with Darwen
Brent
Brighton and Hove
Bristol
Bury St Edmunds
Cambridge
Camden
Cardiff
Cardiganshire North
Carlisle
Colchester
Coventry
Crawley
Croydon
Dacorum
Ealing
Enfield
Exeter
Gloucester
Greenwich
Hackney
Hammersmith and Fulham
Hampshire North
Haringey
Harrow
Havering
Hillingdon
Hounslow
Hull
Islington
Kendal
Kensington and Chelsea
Kent
Kingston upon Thames
Lambeth
Leeds
Leicester
Lewisham
Lincolnshire
Liverpool
Luton
Manchester
Merton
Middlesbrough
Mid Powys
Milton Keynes
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newham
Northampton
North Surrey
Norwich
Nottingham
Oxfordshire
Pembrokeshire
Peterborough
Plymouth
Reading
Redbridge
Sheffield
Shrewsbury
Slough
Southampton
Southwark
Stoke on Trent
Swansea
Swindon
Tower Hamlets
Truro
Waltham Forest
Wandsworth
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