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
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
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
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
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
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
Barking and Dagenham
Barnet
Birmingham
Blackburn with Darwen
Brent
Brighton and Hove
Bristol
Cambridgeshire
Camden
Cardiff
Cardiganshire North
Conwy
Cornwall
Coventry
Croydon
Cumbria
Devon
Ealing
Enfield
Essex
Gloucestershire
Greenwich
Hackney
Hammersmith and Fulham
Hampshire
Haringey
Harrow
Havering
Hertfordshire
Hillingdon
Hounslow
Hull
Islington
Kensington and Chelsea
Kent
Kingston upon Thames
Lambeth
Leeds
Leicester
Lewisham
Lincolnshire
Liverpool
Luton
Manchester
Merton
Middlesbrough
Milton Keynes
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newham
Norfolk
Northamptonshire
Nottingham
Oxfordshire
Pembrokeshire
Peterborough
Plymouth
Powys
Reading
Redbridge
Sheffield
Shropshire
Slough
Southampton
Southwark
Stoke on Trent
Suffolk
Surrey
Swansea
Swindon
Tower Hamlets
Waltham Forest
Wandsworth
Westminster
West Sussex
Wrexham
S.I. 2005/15 as amended by S.I. 2011/1158 .