Service Description: If a congregation is using a building for religious worship and would like this building to be certified as a place of worship by the Registrar General, this can be done through the Superintendent Registrar at the Isle of Wight Register Office. Once a building is registered as a certified place of religious worhsip it may also be registered for the Solemnization of Marriages which is also carried out through the Superintendent Registrar at the Isle of Wight Register Office. Jewish synagogues and meeting houses of the Society of Friends do not need to be registered for marriages. Details of the registration are printed in the local newspaper.
Answer: Once the building has been registered as a certified place of religious worship, and upon contact, the Superintendent Registrar will supply the appropriate forms. These are to confirm that the building has already been certified for worship and have to be signed by at least 20 separate householders (who are members of the congregation) and countersigned by the proprietor or trustee. There are particular signatories required in certain cases, and other conditions of application, but the Superintendent Registrar can assist with each application.