Resolved -

(1)       That the Register Office ceremony room be decommissioned and the room be licenced as an Approved Premises for Civil Marriages and Civil Partnerships under the Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Approved Premises) Regulations 2005.

(2)       To maintain the statutory duty of providing a standard Register Office the area currently used as the guests waiting room be designated as the Register Office ceremony room.

(3)       The City Solicitor to submit plans to the Registrar General for approval to the statutory Register Office room.

(4)       That  the fees for use of The Priestley Suite on Tuesday to Saturday as set

            out in Document “X” be approved.

(5)       That the additional posts of Usher and Deputy Registrar be

            approved.

(6)       That the City Solicitor be authorised to make any necessary additional changes or amendments to service provision under these new arrangements in consultation with the Portfolio Holder.

ACTION: City Solicitor

Overview and Scrutiny Committee: Corporate

(Jill Raine - 01274 434482)