|
SHROPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL GUIDANCE NOTES
~ for those wishing to marry on approved premises ~
Pleas note that The Walls accepts no responsibility for the accuracy or otherwise of these notes. They are meant simply as a guide. If you have any questions you should contact the relevant authority.
- As soon as a couple have made provisional arrangements for their marriage on approved premises, they should be
advised to contact the superintendent registrar for the district in which the premises are situated at Oswestry
Register Office, Holbache Road, Oswestry (Tel: 01691652086).
- Without the presence of this superintendent registrar and a registrar, there can be no marriage and any
arrangements for the use of the premises depend entirely on their availability. It is, therefore, essential that the
couple make an advance booking with this superintendent registrar for his attendance at their proposed marriage
as soon as a booking can be accepted. A fee for this attendance will be payable before the ceremony.
- The couple will also have to give notice of marriage to the superintendent registrar(s) of the district(s) in which
they live. This notice must be given in person by one of the couple but is valid for only three months. One of the
couple should, therefore, attend the register office where they live as soon as possible after notice can be given.
- The couple should be warned that any arrangements made for a marriage to take place on the approved premises
are dependant on:
- the attendance of the superintendent registrar and a registrar for the district in which the premises
are situated; and
- the issue of the authority or authorities for marriage by the superintendent registrar(s) to whom notice of
marriage was given.
- When notice is given in a different registration district from the one where the marriage is taking place, the couple
will have to collect the authority before the ceremony and ensure that it is delivered to the registrar who is to
attend the ceremony.
- The couple should be advised that only a civil, non-religious ceremony can be permitted by the superintendent
registrar. Any music, reading, words or performance which form any part of the ceremony must be secular.
The content of the ceremony must be agreed in advance with the superintendent registrar who will be attending
the ceremony.
- Any rights of copyright for music, readings etc. permitted at the ceremony are a matter for the couple and the
holder of the approval.
|
