The superintendent registrar is a statutory officer of the vital registration service in

England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

and

Wales Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the England–Wales border, east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic ...

. The

Register Office A register office, commonly referred to unofficially as a registry office or registrar's office is an office in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland and some Commonwealth countries responsible for the civil registration of births, deaths, marri ...

in any location is the office of the Superintendent Registrar who has legal custody of all the birth, marriage and death registers for the local district, is responsible for the legal preliminaries to marriage for residents of the district and who officiates at civil marriages both in the

and at an Approved Premise.

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