Civil ceremony licence

Connect with your council for a ‘grant of approval’ to carry municipal marriages and civil partnerships.

The grant of approval are going to be valid for at the least 3 years. You can apply to restore your grant of approval if it expires in less than annually.

Problems

You'll want to identify a particular room or rooms in which weddings or civil partnerships takes spot. This must be part of the building - perhaps not in the great outdoors air or under a marquee.

The council should be pleased the premises are ‘seemly and dignified’ and that they is going to be on a regular basis available for marriages or civil partnerships.

The premises should have all the required fire and safety arrangements required by the local council.

You must:

• appoint some body appropriate to be sure all circumstances are followed
• offer this person’s details toward council after you have the licence
• inform the council in the event that person’s details change
• inform the council about any switch to the premises, eg title or layout
• ensure that the superintendant registrar or local subscription expert or registrar has authorized all wedding or municipal cooperation plans ahead of the proceedings happen
• make sure your premises can be inspected at reasonable times
• screen an observe that the premises are approved 60 minutes before and through the proceedings
• be sure that there’s no meals or alcoholic products sold or eaten in specified location an hour before and throughout the procedures

You need to make sure the proceedings:

• just happen in specified area
• don’t have any religious content (eg songs or readings)
• are easily ready to accept people

There may also be other particular needs for the grant of endorsement (eg your council may request you to provide room for airport parking).

Spiritual premises

Municipal marriages can’t be conducted anywhere with existing or recent spiritual connections - eg you can’t get a grant of endorsement for a chapel in a stately residence.

Civil partnerships is performed on spiritual premises authorized for this purpose. However, any application for a grant of approval must be susceptible to the permission associated with belief group’s regulating body.

Faith teams are under no appropriate obligation to permit their premises to be utilized for municipal partnerships.

Just how to apply

Send the next towards the council:

• details of your self and your site
• a plan for the building showing the area in which ceremonies would be held
• virtually any papers they might need, eg a duplicate of your public liability insurance certification
• the fee (this depends on your council)