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      value: "<h2><strong>Registering your marriage</strong></h2>\r\n\r\n<p>From 4 May 2021, electronic marriage registers will be introduced and paper marriage registers will no longer be used for the registration of marriages.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>This applies to all marriages, both civil ceremonies and ceremonies taking place at churches and places of worship. It does not apply to civil partnerships.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>At your marriage ceremony, you will be asked to sign a marriage schedule/document.&nbsp;The details on the schedule/document will be used to enter your marriage onto the electronic marriage register.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>If your ceremony is taking place with Registrars in attendance, then they will return the marriage schedule to the office.&nbsp;Where we are not in attendance at the ceremony, for example at most church ceremonies, Church Officials are responsible for ensuring the marriage schedule/document is returned to Croydon Register Office.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>For further information,&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.croydon.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2021-04/MSS%20leaflet%20to%20couples%20Croydon%20v3.pdf\" title=\"MSS leaflet to couples Croydon v3.pdf\">download our guide to&nbsp;changes to&nbsp;marriage law from 4 May 2021</a>&nbsp;(PDF, 761 KB).</p>\r\n\r\n<h2><strong>How you will receive your marriage certificate</strong></h2>\r\n\r\n<p>You will no longer receive a handwritten marriage certificate at your ceremony. All certificates will need to be ordered online.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>You can&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.croydon.gov.uk/births-deaths-marriages-and-citizenship/order-copies-certificates\" title=\"Order a copy of a certificate\">order a copy of your certificate here</a>.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>Once we have entered your marriage into the electronic register, we will attend to your order and post your certificate(s) to you. We aim to complete this process within 7 working days on receipt of the marriage schedule/document. If you require a marriage certificate urgently, please contact us at contact@example.com</p>\r\n\r\n<h2><strong>Why the process is changing</strong></h2>\r\n\r\n<p>The introduction of the electronic register on 4 May gives the couple the opportunity to add parents (mother/father/parent) to their marriage certificate, instead of only their fathers’ names, which is currently the case.</p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Marriages, Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) Act 2019 modernises how marriages are registered for the first time since 1837, through the issue of a marriage schedule system and registration in an electronic register.</p>\r\n"
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