Ceremony bookings terms and conditions

We will provide staff to conduct the legal formalities of the ceremony. We encourage you to personalise the ceremony with your own choice of readings, music and additional vows – subject to the ceremony content remaining legally compliant and of a dignified nature. There must be no religious content whatsoever.

All choices for readings, vows, any other spoken content by someone other than the registrars and music must be submitted to the Superintendent Registrar or Deputy Superintendent Registrar for approval prior to the ceremony. This can be done via the online marriage ceremony options form or by returning the paper version of the form to the relevant office.

Buckinghamshire Registration Service shall have the absolute and final decision on any wording and the content of the ceremony from start to finish. If we need you to change anything, we will aim to explain the reason why.

Should the ceremony be taking place outside, Buckinghamshire Registration Service reserves the right to make the final decision whether due to unsuitable weather conditions or perceived health and safety issues (at the absolute discretion of Buckinghamshire Registration Service) your ceremony is required to be moved into a licensed room within the venue.

The registrar reserves the right to stop your ceremony from proceeding if:

• either of the parties to a marriage or civil partnership appear to be acting under duress
• either of the parties to a marriage or civil partnership appear to be intoxicated and are therefore unable to understand the nature and purport of the ceremony
• either of the parties to a marriage or civil partnership appear to lack the mental capacity to understand the nature and purport of the ceremony
• a lawful objection is made before or during the ceremony