Giving Notice of Your Intent to Marry or Form a Civil Partnership
An appointment is required to give notice of marriage.
When you have chosen and booked the venue and date of the wedding, you must arrange to give notice in the Register Office of the district in which you live. If you and your partner live in different districts, each of you must give notice in your own district. You must have been resident in the district for at least seven days. If either of you is subject to immigration control you will have to both give notice at a designated office, either in Reading or Slough.
It is not possible to give notice more than 12 months in advance of your wedding however, at Bracknell Forest we have no limit on how far in advance you can make a provisional booking. The notice is a legal statement, which must be signed by you; you cannot ask a friend or relative to give notice for you.
When you make an appointment to give notice, you will be advised what documents you will require. All documents must be produced at the time of giving notice. The documents required will include birth certificate (essential if under 23), current passport (if available), proof of address, divorce papers (if applicable), death certificate for former spouse (if applicable), change of name papers (if applicable), parental consent (if under 18). Please be aware that failure to produce the required documents will result in the notice not being taken. A fee is payable to the Superintendent Registrar at the time of giving notice, currently £33.50 per notice.
The purpose of giving notice is for the Superintendent Registrar to ensure you are lawfully free to marry or form a civil partnership, and to complete the preliminary legal documentation of your ceremony. On completion of the notice, the details are put on the notice board for 15 days and it should be noted that the ceremony cannot take place until after this time has elapsed.
There are procedures in place to reduce the 15 day waiting period for someone who is seriously ill and not expected to recover.
If your ceremony is to held in a different district, you must give the authority to the Superintendent Registrar in the appropriate district.
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