Statutory Instruments
2011 No. 2678
Immigration
The Immigration (Procedure for Marriage) Regulations 2011
Made
7th November 2011
Laid before Parliament
10th November 2011
Coming into force
1st December 2011
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( 1 ).
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 19(2)(a), 21(2)(a) and 23(2)(a) of that Act, having regard to the meanings of “prescribed” in sections 22(2) and 24(2), makes the following Regulations.
Citation, commencement and interpretation I1
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration (Procedure for Marriage) Regulations 2011 and shall come into force on 1st December 2011.
(2) In these Regulations, “the 2004 Act” means the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 .
Specified registration districts in England and Wales I2
2. The registration districts in England and Wales listed in the Schedule are specified for the purposes of section 19(2)(a) of the 2004 Act.
Prescribed registration districts in Scotland I3
3. Every registration district in Scotland is prescribed for the purposes of section 21(2)(a) of the 2004 Act.
Prescribed registrars in Northern Ireland I4
4. The registrar of every register office in Northern Ireland is prescribed for the purposes of section 23(2)(a) of the 2004 Act.
Revocation I5
5. The Immigration (Procedure for Marriage) Regulations 2005( 2 ) are revoked.
Damian Green
Minister of State
Home Office
7th November 2011
Regulation 2
SCHEDULE SPECIFIED REGISTRATION DISTRICTS IN ENGLAND AND WALES I6
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Barking and Dagenham
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Barnet
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Birmingham
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Blackburn with Darwen
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Brent
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Brighton and Hove
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Bristol
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Cambridgeshire
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Camden
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Cardiff
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Cardiganshire North
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Conwy
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Cornwall
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Coventry
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Croydon
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Cumbria
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Devon
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Ealing
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Enfield
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Essex
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Gloucestershire
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Greenwich
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Hackney
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Hammersmith and Fulham
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Hampshire
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Haringey
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Harrow
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Havering
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Hertfordshire
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Hillingdon
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Hounslow
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Hull
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Islington
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Kensington and Chelsea
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Kent
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Kingston upon Thames
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Lambeth
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Leeds
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Leicester
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Lewisham
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Lincolnshire
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Liverpool
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Luton
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Manchester
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Merton
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Middlesbrough
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Milton Keynes
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Newcastle upon Tyne
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Newham
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Norfolk
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Northamptonshire
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Nottingham
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Oxfordshire
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Pembrokeshire
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Peterborough
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Plymouth
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Powys
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Reading
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Redbridge
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Sheffield
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Shropshire
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Slough
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Southampton
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Southwark
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Stoke on Trent
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Suffolk
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Surrey
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Swansea
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Swindon
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Tower Hamlets
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Waltham Forest
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Wandsworth
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Westminster
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West Sussex
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Wrexham
S.I. 2005/15 as amended by S.I. 2011/1158 .