Superintendent registrar explained

The superintendent registrar is a statutory officer of the vital registration service in England and Wales. The Register Office in any location is the office of the Superintendent Registrar who has legal custody of all the birth, marriage and death registers for the local district, is responsible for the legal preliminaries to marriage for residents of the district and who officiates at civil marriages both in the Register Office and at an Approved Premise.^{[1] [2]}

Further reading

• Book: Great Britain General Register Office . Regulations for the Duties of Superintendent Registrars, and Deputy and Interim Superintendent Registrars: Made and Approved in Pursuance of the Registration and Marriage Acts, 1836 to 1874 : with Appendix . 1885 . Eyre and Spottiswoode . 6 November 2024 . en.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lawty . Helen . Role of the Register Office . www.hartlepool.gov.uk . 6 November 2024 . en.
2. Web site: Superintendent Registrar job description . merton.gov.uk . London Borough of Merton . 6 November 2024 . en.