Slough Borough Council

Issuing authorities

16 days after you have given your notice of marriage, the authority for marriage can usually be issued. What you need to do with it depends on where you gave notice and where you are marrying.

You live in Slough and are marrying in the Bradford Room or a Slough venue

You don’t need to do anything! The superintendent registrar will ensure that your authorities are passed to the registrar who is going to register your marriage.

You live in Slough and are marrying in a religious building

Does the religious building have its own authorised person? In other words, there are registers kept at the building and there is someone appointed by the General Register Office to register marriages.

Yes – you need to collect your authorities from the Slough Register Office and take them to the person responsible for conducting your marriage ceremony

No – you need to collect your authorities from the Slough Register Office and take them to the superintendent registrar of the district that covers the area that the building is in.

You live in Slough and are marrying in another register office

You will need to collect your authority for marriage from the register office in Slough and ensure that it gets to the superintendent registrar of the district where you are marrying. You should do this in good time before your wedding date.

You live in Slough and are marrying in an outside venue not in Slough

You will need to collect your authorities from the Slough office and take them to the superintendent registrar of the district that is conducting your ceremony.

You live outside of Slough but are marrying in the Bradford Room or a Slough venue

You will need to collect your authorities from the register office where you gave notice and bring them to the superintendent registrar at Slough. You should do this well before your wedding day.

You live in Slough and are marrying abroad

You will need to contact the authorities (the embassy or consulate perhaps) for the country where you are marrying to find what further actions you now need to take.