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Sham Marriage and Civil Partnership (Referral of Proposed Marriages and Civil Partnerships) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

Already law. It stays law unless either House votes to annul it within 40 days.

Number: SI 2026/85
Procedure: Made negative
Laid by: Home Office
Laid before Parliament: 2 February 2026
Made: 29 January 2026
Comes into force: 25 February 2026

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Its path through Parliament

29 January 2026
Instrument created
29 January 2026
Instrument made (signed into law)
2 February 2026 · Commons
Laid before the House of Commons
2 February 2026 · Lords
Laid before the House of Lords
24 February 2026 · Lords
Considered by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC)
24 February 2026 · Lords
No comment by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC)
25 February 2026
Instrument comes into force as law
11 March 2026 · Commons and Lords
Considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI)
11 March 2026 · Commons and Lords
Not drawn to the special attention of the Houses by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (JCSI)
23 March 2026
Objection period ends
23 March 2026
Instrument remains law
23 March 2026 · Commons and Lords
Procedure concluded in the House of Commons and the House of Lords

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