Marriage objections
Case reference FOI2024/00602
Published 22 April 2024
Request
Please supply the following information under the Freedom of Information Act for each of the years (financial or calendar, whichever is available) from 2017-2023, separating the answers by year:
1. The number of complaints you received in each of the above years, from a friend or family member, regarding a marriage that they believe should not have taken place / complaints about someone marrying a person who lacked capacity to consent.
2. The number of objections or caveats against a marriage for each of the above years, to prevent a marriage proceeding.
Response
Please supply the following information under the Freedom of Information Act for each of the years (financial or calendar, whichever is available) from 2017-2023, separating the answers by year:
1. The number of complaints you received in each of the above years, from a friend or family member, regarding a marriage that they believe should not have taken place / complaints about someone marrying a person who lacked capacity to consent.
2. The number of objections or caveats against a marriage for each of the above years, to prevent a marriage proceeding.
Herefordshire Council have not received any formal complaints from friends/family members regarding a marriage they believe should not have taken place / complaints about someone marrying a person who lacked capacity to consent during the years in question.
Regarding any complaints that may have been received by Registration officers or anyone acting on their behalf, I would advise that Superintendent Registrars and Registrars are not a public authority as defined under Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and are therefore not subject to its provisions. The information they hold is not held by the council and is therefore it is not held for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 by virtue of Section 3 (2) (a). Please take this letter as a refusal notice under S17 of the Act.
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