Registration of marriage
Registering officers' quarterly returns
Every registering officer in England and Wales shall make a quarterly return, in January, April, July and October, of a copy of the entries of the marriages that have been registered by her or him in the three calendar months preceding or, if no marriage has been registered by her or him in that period, a certificate that such is the case. This return, with the relevant certificates, shall be delivered to the superintendent registrar of the district to which the registering officer has been assigned by the Registrar General.
Blank forms for these certified copies and nil return certificates are supplied from the office of the Registrar General (whose address may be obtained from the Recording Clerk) or may be available from the local superintendent registrar.
In Scotland, returns are made by the district registrar.
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