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Last updated 2 March 2022

Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council has introduced the below measures for the Registration Service as part of its response to COVID-19:

Death Registration

Legislation came into force which allows death registrations to be carried out without the attendance of an informant at the registration office which reduces/removes face to face contact with the general public. The legislation relates to the registration of all deaths and will continue in this method until further notice.

Birth Registration

Council’s Birth Registration Service operates strictly by appointment - see office opening hours at bottom of this page. A risk assessment is in place which is kept under review in line with government restrictions. It is a legislative requirement for parents to register a birth within 42 days.

We would request that parents scan and email or email a picture of the GRO4 form (see below link) or post to the relevant registration office.

https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/publications/birth-registration-form An editable version of the GRO4 form is available at the bottom of this page.

On receipt of the form a Registrar will make contact to arrange an appointment.

If preferred, you can make an appointment and bring the completed GRO4 form with you or complete one at the appointment.

Marriage and Civil Partnership

The preferred method of giving notice for your marriage or civil partnership is by post. Please send your original completed marriage or civil partnership notice forms to the relevant office, along with actual full birth certificates and photocopies of your passports. For religious and belief marriages you can send a cheque for £52.00 (£22.00 per notice and £8.00 for the marriage certificate) made payable to Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council, or we can contact you for card payment by telephone.

You can also drop off at reception in an envelope marked for the attention of the Registrar or make an appointment at the relevant office to give your notice in person.

You will be able to collect your schedule once ready. After the marriage ceremony takes place, please return schedule by post or drop off at the reception of the relevant office location. Staff will register and post out your marriage certificate.

Click here for the most up to date information.

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Information booklets & leaflets are available at the Registration Reception. Forms are available to the Public for Name changes, Adoptions, Re-registrations, Marriage and Civil Partnership Application, Birth and Death registration.

Please find below forms which are on the NI Direct website www.nidirect.gov.uk and links to where they can be found:

commemorative https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/publications/commemorative-certificate-application-form
GRO 004 birth registration https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/publications/birth-registration-form
GRO 012 birth registration - record fathers name https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/publications/birth-re-registration-forms
GRO 013 declaration of parentage form - married https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/publications/declaration-paternity-form
GRO 015 birth registration - married since birth https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/publications/birth-re-registration-forms
GRO 040 Birth certificate https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/publications/birth-certificate-application-form
GRO 040a Adoption certificate https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/publications/adoption-certificate-application-form
GRO 041 Death certificate https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/publications/death-certificate-application-form
GRO 041a Stillbirth certificate https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/publications/stillbirth-certificate-application-form
GRO 042 Marriage certificate https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/publications/marriage-certificate-application-form
GRO 073 Death registration https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/publications/death-registration-form
GRO 099 Civil partnership-certificate https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/publications/civil-partnership-certificate-application-form
GRO 229 Birth certificate https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/publications/birth-certificate-amendment-form
GRO 230 name change under 18 https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/publications/change-name-application-form-child-under-18
GRO 231 name change over 18 https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/publications/change-name-application-form-anyone-18-or-over
GRO 433 Civil partnership notice https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/publications/civil-partnership-notice-form
GRO 446 Marriage notice https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/publications/marriage-notice-form
GRO 447 Marriage index-search https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/publications/marriage-index-search-application-form
GRO 460 Permanent officiant https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/%5Bcurrent-domain%3Amachine-name%5D/permanent-officiant-application-form-GRO460.PDF
GRO 461 Additional permanent-officiant https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/%5Bcurrent-domain%3Amachine-name%5D/additional-permanent-officiant-application-form-GRO461.pdf
GRO 464 Temporary officiant church https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/%5Bcurrent-domain%3Amachine-name%5D/temporary-officiant-application-for-church-with-permanent-officiant-GRO464.pdf
GRO 465 Temporary officiant without church https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/%5Bcurrent-domain%3Amachine-name%5D/temporary-officiant-application-for-church-without-permanent-officiant-GRO465.pdf
GRO 470 Humanist Temporary officiant https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/publications/temporary-celebrant-application-form
ACR 7 adoption contact reg part 1 https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/publications/application-form-entry-part-1-adoption-contact-register-if-you-are-over-18-years-age-and-have-been
ACR 11 adoption contact reg part 2 https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/publications/application-form-entry-part-2-adoption-contact-register-if-you-are-over-18-years-age-and-member
ACR 14 access birth records pre 1987 https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/publications/application-form-access-birth-records-by-person-adopted-18-december-1987-acr-14
ACR 15 access birth records post 1987 https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/publications/application-form-access-birth-records-by-person-adopted-or-after-18-december-1987-acr-15
Record NI connections form- entry to be made https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/publications/record-northern-ireland-connections-forms
Record NI connections form - copy of entry https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/publications/record-northern-ireland-connections-forms

Each office can only provide certificates for a Birth, Death, Marriage or Civil Partnership when you are registering the event. You can order certificates for previously registered events in one of the following ways:

Online: www.nidirect.gov.uk
Telephone: 0300 200 7890
Post: Ask a member of staff for an application form
In Person: The General Register Office (GRO), Colby House, Stranmillis Court, Belfast BT9 5RR

GRO holds records from 1845 for non-Roman Catholic marriages and 1 January 1864 onwards for all marriages, births and deaths.

Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council Registration Offices are located in Ballycastle, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Limavady.