1) The big policy decision was to go from c20,000 separate marriage registers to 1 big electronic one.
2) that decision was Government's, made by Act of Parliament.
1/n
4) Faculty Office have clearly not been in a position to say anything until very recently - even now, the Regulations have not been written by Government.
2/n
6. Previous communication would have been "something's changing and we can't tell you precisely what our when" which would likely not have been helpful.
3/n