The Marriage of Same Sex Couples (Registration of Buildings and Appointment of Authorised Persons) Regulations 2014

Procedure on registration of a building

5.—(1) On receipt of an application made in accordance with regulation 4, the Registrar General must—

(a) register the building in a book to be kept for that purpose in the General Register Office, or in an approved electronic form;

(b) endorse on the application form the date of registration of the building; and

(c) return a copy of the endorsed application form to the relevant superintendent registrar.

(2) On receipt of the copy of the endorsed application form sent in accordance with paragraph (1)(c), the superintendent registrar must—

(a) enter the date of the registration of the building in a book to be provided for that purpose by the Registrar General;

(b) give a certificate of the registration signed by the superintendent registrar to the applicant; and

(c) if the building is not already registered under section 41 of the Act, give public notice of the registration of the building by advertisement in a newspaper circulating in the county in which the building is situated and in the London Gazette.