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Contents1. Introduction Roles and responsibilities of an Authorised Person 3 Registration stock 3 Missing or stolen safe or registration stock 4 Dis-use of building registered for religious worship 4 Leaving office 4 Change of contact details 42. Marriage preliminaries General information 5 Marriage by Registrar General’s Licence 6 Marriage of Housebound and detained persons 63. Solemnization of marriage Pre-marriage checks 7 Forced marriages 8 Sham marriage 8 The ceremony 94. Registration of marriages Completing the register entries 11 Examination of the entry by the parties to the marriage 14 Signing the entry 14 Illegible signatures 14 Bilingual registrations in Wales 15 Filled register books 16 Searching and issuing certificates 16 Register from which copies are to be made 16 Examples of entries 165. Corrections Before the entry is complete 17 After the entry is complete 18 Examples of corrections 186. Quarterly Certified Copies Preparation of quarterly copies 19 Copies for each quarter to be kept separate 19 Register from which copies are to be made 19 Errors in quarterly copies 19 Certification of Quarterly Copies 20 Offences and Penalties 207. Frequently asked questions 211
Appendix A: Flow chart - Guide to Marriage Preliminaries 23Appendix B: Flow chart - Pre-marriage checks 24Appendix C: Useful contact details 25Appendix D: Examples of forms 26 SR’s Certificate for Marriage Registration example 1 Registration example 2 Registration example 3 Numbered correction example Discrepancy between column 2 and signature example Inadvertently transposed particulars example Correction to name witnessed by SR and two witnesses Certificate of No Impediment (Scotland)Appendix E: List of Economic Area Countries 37Appendix F: Marriage correction application form and guidance notes. 382
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