Hi, appreciate any help to make sure this is correct!
We're getting married in a catholic church, but i think we still have to give our notice to the council. The booklet the church gave us detailing all aspects of church wedding has a sentence mentioning to contact the council asap to book a registrar. So a few months ago i did, and the lady at council said our church has a suitable signatory so it wasn't necessary, but to call back to arrange giving notice. I checked with the church and they agreed there will be someone official there on the day provided by the church to do whatever it is the council normally provides (i think it's something to do with signing the register). So the booklet just must have been out of date.
The council have since given me a bit of paper for church to sign confirming this. But we've also booked in to give our notice in a few weeks, the bit you pay £35 each for. But when i mentioned this to my friend who got married in a CoE church, she had no idea what i was on about as she never had to go to the council. Instead she said she had 'her Banns read' which must serve the same as me paying the council.
So I assume catholic church's do not do a publication of banns. And instead we have to pay council? I'm just checking this council trip is necessary, as they're not providing anyone on the day, so i don't understand why it's needed for one church service and not another. Thanks!
