Commentary on Sections Part 4: Marriage and Civil Partnership Persons not relevant nationals etc: marriage on superintendent registrar’s certificates Section 58: Requirement as to giving of notice of marriage or civil partnership
328.Subsection (1) provides that section 19 of the 2004 Act (procedure for marriage in England and Wales) is amended in accordance with subsection (2) and subsection (3).
329.Subsection (2) substitutes for section 19(1) of the 2004 Act new subsections 19(1), (1A) and (1B). These provide that the requirement in section 19 to give notice of marriage at a designated register office applies to both parties to a proposed marriage where either of them is not a British citizen, EEA national or Swiss national, unless that non-EEA national is exempt from immigration control (and the notice of marriage is accompanied by specified evidence of this).
330.Subsection (3) defines particular terms used in the amended section 19.
331.Subsection (4) provides that Schedule 23 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (immigration control and formation of civil partnerships) is amended in accordance with subsections (5) to (9).
332.Subsection (5) and (6), together with the consequential amendments in subsections (7), (8) and (9), provide that the requirement in Part 1 of Schedule 23 to give notice of civil partnership at a designated register office applies to both parties to a proposed civil partnership where either of them is not a British citizen, EEA national or Swiss national or exempt from immigration control (and the notice of civil partnership is accompanied by specified evidence of this).