Important Legal Preliminaries to the Ceremony
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Before you can be married, the Superintendent must issue an authority declaring that the legal preliminaries to the Ceremony have been properly performed.  Normally, the authority will be kept for you at the Register Office awaiting issue at the time of your Marriage.  However, if one or both parties have their normal place of residence outside the Registration District, they will need a similar authority from the Superintendent of their own district.

It is important that this is collected from the other district and delivered before the wedding to the Registrar at the Register Office under whose jurisdiction the ceremony will take place.  Without the correct authority, the Ceremony will not be able to proceed.

Please see Legal Preliminaries for more information.