Äktenskap för par med samma kön Vigselfrågor - Regeringen
Äktenskap för par med samma kön Vigselfrågor - Regeringen
Äktenskap för par med samma kön Vigselfrågor - Regeringen
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SOU 2007:17 Summary<br />
I propose that the Government makes regulations by an ordinance<br />
in accordance with my views. These regulations should not cause<br />
pre-existing appointments of wedding ceremony officials to cease,<br />
but rather that they shall apply as if they had been granted under<br />
the new rules.<br />
I also propose that a provision be introduced into ÄktB whereby<br />
a charge is payable for wedding ceremonies conducted by a person<br />
appointed as a wedding ceremony official by the County Administrative<br />
Board. More detailed regulations about such fees and their payment<br />
will be issued by the Government. It should not be possible<br />
to appeal against a decision by the County Administrative Board<br />
regarding the appointment of a wedding ceremony official, for<br />
which reason it is proposed that the current provisions on appeals<br />
contained in ÄktB be revoked.<br />
Should it be the role of the Government to approve invalid<br />
wedding ceremonies?<br />
My starting point is that the Government should be released from<br />
matters that do not require a position to be adopted by the<br />
Government as a political body. Matters concerning the approval<br />
of invalid marriage ceremonies are not such a matter: since such<br />
matters can be contentious and verbal evidence may have to be<br />
presented, they ought to be delegated to a court. It ought also to<br />
be possible for a court, instead of the Government, to approve a<br />
marriage entered into abroad in accordance with foreign law but<br />
which is invalid owing to a formal defect.<br />
I propose that the rules contained in ÄktB and IÄL on the<br />
approval of invalid wedding ceremonies are amended in the manner<br />
referred to.<br />
Consequences and implementation<br />
If the courts are released from the task of officiating at wedding<br />
ceremonies, this would probably involve a cost-savings for the<br />
judicial service of almost one million kronor. In order to deal with<br />
the task of appointing wedding ceremony officials within the<br />
Church of Sweden, the Kammarkollegiet needs to have some further<br />
resources. These costs, which would probably be rather modest,<br />
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