Guidance

 

GUIDANCE FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO MARRY UNDER A CIVIL LICENCE

AT MARYCULTER HOUSE HOTEL

  1. Summer Wedding at The Maryculter House HotelAs soon as a couple has made provisional arrangements for their marriage at an approved place they should be advised to contact the registrar for the district in which the place is situated Please refer to attached list.

  2. Without the presence of the registrar there can be no marriage and any arrangements for the use of the place depends entirely on the registrar’s availability.  It is therefore, essential that the couple make an advanced booking with the registrar for his or her attendance at their proposed marriage as soon as a booking can be accepted.  A fee for this attendance will be payable in advance of the ceremony.

  3. Each of the couple will have to complete a formal notice of the marriage and lodged it with the district registrar not more than three months, and not less than fifteen days before the wedding.

  4. The couple should be warned that any arrangements made for a marriage to take place at the approved place are dependent on:
    • The attendance of the registrar for the district in which the place is situated: and
    • The issue of the schedule for the marriage by the registrar to who notice of marriage was given.

  5. The couple should be advised that only a civil non-religious ceremony can be permitted by the registrar.  Any music, reading, words or performance which from any part of the ceremony must be secular.  The content of the ceremony must be agreed in advance with the registrar who will be attending the ceremony.

  6. Any rights of copyright for music, reading etc., permitted at the ceremony are a matter for the couple and the holder of the approval.

    REGISTRARS OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES
    ABERDEENSHIRE COUNCIL

    Mrs Isobel Ritchie, Registrar
    Mrs Linda Cromar, Assistant Registrar
    Council Offices
    The Square
    BANCHORY
    AB31 5RW
    (01330) 822878