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Town Hall and former Magistrates Court, St. Helier: Approval of rooms for Civil Weddings and Civil Partnerships

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A decision made 31 October 2014:

Decision Reference: MD-HA-2014-0065

Decision Summary Title :

Approved Premises – Town Hall

Date of Decision Summary:

28 October 2014

Decision Summary Author:

 

Executive Officer

Home Affairs

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

 

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

n/a

Written Report

Title :

Report for Minister

Date of Written Report:

28 October 2014

Written Report Author:

Executive Officer

Home Affairs

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

 

Public

Subject:

Approval of rooms at the Town Hall and Old Magistrate’s Court for civil weddings and civil partnerships.

Decision(s):

The Minister gave authority for the rooms in the Town Hall and the Old Magistrate’s Court for civil weddings and civil partnerships under the Marriage and Civil Status (Approved Premises) (Jersey) Order 2002 and the Civil Partnerships (Approved Premises) (Jersey) Order 2012 respectively.

Reason(s) for Decision:

The Assembly Room, Committee Room and Old Magistrate’s Court have previously been approved for the celebration of civil weddings.  Applications for approved premises status are usually made to the Connétable of the Parish in which the premises are situated.  However, where the applicant is the Connétable of the Parish, the Connétable must refer the application to the Minister, who must give his authority for the approval of the premises and may make the approval subject to such conditions as he considers reasonable.

Resource Implications:

There are no financial or manpower implications to the Home Affairs Department resulting from this decision.

Action required:

The Executive Officer, Home Affairs to inform the Superintendent Registrar of the decision.

Signature:

 

 

Position:

Minister for Home Affairs

 

Date Signed:

 

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

 

Town Hall and former Magistrates Court, St. Helier: Approval of rooms for Civil Weddings and Civil Partnerships

Report for the Minister

 

Application by the Connétable of St Helier for approval of rooms at the Town Hall as approved premises for civil marriages and civil partnerships

 

 

The Connétable of St Helier has applied for the Assembly Room, the Committee Room and the Old Magistrate’s Court to be approved for the celebration of civil weddings and civil partnerships.  The premises have previously been approved for the celebration of civil weddings.  The application is for a period of three years with effect from 1 November 2014.

 

Applications for ‘approved premises’ are usually made to the Connétable of the Parish in which the premises are located.  However, Article 8 of the Marriage and Civil Status (Approved Premises) (Jersey) Order 2002 and Article 8 of the Civil Partnership (Approved Premises) (Jersey) Order 2012 both provide that where the Connétable is the applicant for an approval, he or she must refer the application to the Minister and may grant the approval or renew only with the authority of the Minister and upon such terms and subject to such further conditions as the Minister considers reasonable.

 

The applicant has paid the specified fee of £300 and has confirmed that the Parish will comply with the conditions attached to the approval of the premises.  The conditions are set out in Schedule 1 of the Marriage and Civil Status (Approved Premises) (Jersey) Order 2002 and Schedule 1 of the Civil Partnership (Approved Premises) (Jersey) Order 2012.

 

 

Recommendation

 

It is recommended that the Minister gives authority for the approval of the Assembly Room, the Committee Room and the Old Magistrate’s Court for the celebration of civil weddings and civil partnerships and that the Executive Officer, Home Affairs, advises the Superintendent Registrar of this decision.

 

 

 

Executive Officer

Home Affairs

28 October 2014

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