Purpose

The Registration Service is a statutory
service with responsibility for registering births, deaths and
marriages within the county.
Non-statutory fees apply to the conducting of a marriage or civil
ceremony at either a Register Office or approved venue, and the
licensing of approved venues. These increases do not include the
statutory register office ceremonies which the General Register
Office set at £46.
Fees for the conducting of a ceremony were last reviewed and
increased in 2021, covering the period up to the end of 2023.
Licence fees for approved venues have not been increased for a
number of years. The proposals for new fees are attached at
Appendix 1. A benchmarking exercise was undertaken comparing
neighbouring authorities costs with Herefordshire’s costs
(see Appendix 2).