Freedom of Information Act 2000
Information Request 10961620
1) Can a legal notice of marriage to the council be altered, free of charge, once it has been submitted?
Registration officers and anyone who acts on their behalf in carrying out statutory registration duties are outside the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Superintendent registrars and registrars are not a public authority as defined in the Act and, therefore, are not subject to its provisions. Data held by them – including information held in marriage registers – is thus not subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.
2) What, if any, refund or compensatory policy does the council offer couples, whose wedding plans, as detailed on their legal statement, have been cancelled or postponed due to circumstances caused by the coronavirus pandemic (thereby nullifying their legal notice)?
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3) How many legal notices of marriage did the council receive for the years 2020 and 2021, respectively, and in what years were these notices given?
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4) How much money did the council earn from legal notices of marriage for the years 2020, and 2021?
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5) How many of these legal notices of marriage for 2020 and 2021 respectively, were nullified due to cancellation, or change of wedding venue or date, caused by the pandemic?
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6) How many resubmissions of legal notices of marriage did the council receive from couples whose previous legal notice of marriage, for the years 2020 and 2021, were nullified due to the pandemic?
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7) How much money did the council receive from resubmissions of legal notices of marriage, by couples whose previous legal notices of marriage for the years 2020 and 2021, were nullified due to the pandemic?
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8) How many legal notices of marriage did the council receive for the year 2019, and how much money did the council earn from these legal notices?
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9) How many resubmissions of legal notices of marriage did the council receive, from couples whose previous legal notice of marriage were nullified due to a change in wedding venue or date (originally planned for 2019), and how much did the council earn from these resubmissions?
Please see the answer to question 1