Advice to registering officers and area meetings
Permission to non-members
On receipt of the completed forms A and B and/or C as the case may be, the registering officer, if assenting to the application, shall, if the marriage is to be solemnised in England or Wales, issue form D to the party, or each such party, not in membership and resident in England or Wales. Form D is a certificate granting permission for marriage to be solemnised according to the usage of the Society in Britain. If the parties have to give notice to different superintendent registrars, form D should be issued in duplicate for the party, or each such party, not in membership (see 16.22 & 16.25-16.26). In Scotland the issuing of form D to non-members does not apply to residents.
If the registering officer does not accede to the application he or she shall refer the matter to his or her area meeting which may grant or refuse the application at its discretion. If the area meeting grants the application, the registering officer shall proceed. If the area meeting refuses the application, the clerk shall inform the parties in writing immediately.
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