At a MEETING of the - Dundee City Council
At a MEETING of the - Dundee City Council
At a MEETING of the - Dundee City Council
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<strong>At</strong> a <strong>MEETING</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> DUNDEE CONTRACT SERVICES COMMITTEE held at <strong>Dundee</strong> on<br />
18th April, 2005.<br />
Present:-<br />
Lord Provost John R LETFORD<br />
BAILIES<br />
Helen WRIGHT John CORRIGAN Bruce D MACKIE<br />
Neil I C POWRIE<br />
COUNCILLORS<br />
Jill SHIMI Helen DICK Jim BARRIE<br />
Kevin KEENAN Nigel DON Will DAWSON<br />
George REGAN Bob DUNCAN Elizabeth F FORDYCE<br />
Fiona M GRANT Richard BEATTIE Roderick A J WALLACE<br />
Christopher HIND Andrew DAWSON Charles A WEBSTER<br />
Joe MORROW Christina ROBERTS Derek J SCOTT<br />
Lord Provost LETFORD, Convener, in <strong>the</strong> Chair.<br />
The minute <strong>of</strong> meeting <strong>of</strong> this Committee <strong>of</strong> 14 March 2005 was held as read.<br />
Unless marked thus * all items stand delegated.<br />
I USE OF PARKS AND OPEN SPACES AS CIVIL MARRIAGE VENUES<br />
There was submitted Agenda Note AN160-2005 informing <strong>the</strong> Committee that under <strong>the</strong> Marriage<br />
(Approval <strong>of</strong> Places) (Scotland) Regulations 2002, local authorities could register a wide range <strong>of</strong><br />
venues as Civil Marriage venues. <strong>Dundee</strong> had 18 such <strong>of</strong>ficially licensed/designated venues. The<br />
object <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> legislation was to increase <strong>the</strong> choice <strong>of</strong> venues available to couples planning a Civil<br />
Marriage and statistics showed that <strong>the</strong>re had been an increase in <strong>the</strong> numbers <strong>of</strong> Civil Marriages held<br />
in <strong>Dundee</strong> since <strong>the</strong> 2002 Act.<br />
A request had been received for permission for a marriage ceremony to be held on <strong>Dundee</strong> Law and it<br />
was proposed that <strong>the</strong> Law and o<strong>the</strong>r park/open space venues be designated as Civil Marriage<br />
venues. Locations in <strong>Council</strong> ownership could be so designated simply by notifying <strong>the</strong> Registrar<br />
General for Scotland. It would still be necessary for couples to obtain <strong>the</strong> permission <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Dundee</strong><br />
Contract Services Committee, so that, for example, account could be taken <strong>of</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r events on <strong>the</strong><br />
same dates etc. Venues which would prove attractive for this purpose included <strong>Dundee</strong> Law,<br />
Camperdown Park, Templeton Woods etc and it was recommended that authority be granted for <strong>the</strong><br />
Director to decide on any o<strong>the</strong>r locations to be so designated in liaison with <strong>the</strong> Depute Chief<br />
Executive (Support Services).<br />
The Committee approved <strong>the</strong> above and agreed that <strong>the</strong> granting/refusing <strong>of</strong> future requests for use <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong>se locations be delegated to <strong>the</strong> Director or nominee and that <strong>the</strong> Scheme <strong>of</strong> Delegated Powers be<br />
amended accordingly.<br />
LORD PROVOST JOHN R LETFORD, Convener.