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Last updated 22 September 2020

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 resumed the birth registration service on 15 June strictly by appointment - see office opening hours at bottom of this page.

We would request that parents scan and email the GRO4 form (see below link) if they can or post to the relevant registration office to enable us to input the information to our system in advance and make contact to arrange an appointment according to the date of birth. https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/publications/birth-registration-form An editable version of the GRO4 form is available below.

Marriage and Civil Partnership

Currently you can only give notice for your marriage or civil partnership 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 marriages and civil marriages officiated by a humanist celebrant 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 payment by telephone. You will be able to collect your schedule in person once ready. After the marriage ceremony takes place, please return schedule by post or leave in secure post box at the relevant office location. Staff will register and post out your marriage certificate. A COVID-19 ceremony advice sheet is available below.

We are currently dealing with civil ceremonies which have been previously booked or have been rescheduled and are unable to accept any new bookings until October 2020.

Following the NI Executives announcements on 6 and 9 July in relation to marriages and civil partnerships, it is now possible from 10 July to hold these events indoors. The Executive Office guidance is available below. It provides detail on what can happen at the ceremony and should be read by all registrars, celebrants, officiants and venue managers.

A marriage restrictions guidance document which reflects the latest NI Executive marriage/civil partnership ceremony restrictions on 22 September is also available below.

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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.