The law will soon change in Wales to allow more weddings to take place despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
It comes as the Welsh Government has concluded its 21-day review of the Alert Level 4 restrictions in place across the country.
Speaking at a briefing on Friday (February 19), First Minister Mark Drakeford said the law will change next week to allow licensed wedding venues, such as visitor attractions and hotels, to re-open but only to perform wedding and civil partnership ceremonies.
Wedding receptions or other social gatherings after the ceremony will continue to be prohibited.
Mr Drakeford said much has changed since the current measures were put in place in December, adding: " At that time, levels of coronavirus were very high and rising in every part of Wales.
"We had just learned about the highly-infectious Kent strain of the virus – even though it was already spreading throughout Wales – and didn’t yet know about all the other variants. And we had only just started vaccinating people."
He said the public health situation today has improved significantly, with overall cases of coronavirus in Wales now at their lowest level since the end of September.
At present, there are around 84 cases per 100,000 people, and cases are falling in almost every part of Wales.
The wedding law change is one of only a few easements made by the Welsh Government in the wake of the three-week review.
New rules on exercise in Wales will come into force on Saturday (February 20), allowing the number of people who can meet outdoors for exercise to rise from two to four people from two different households.
The First Minister also announced on Friday that children aged three to seven in foundation phase will be able to return to class from February 22.
Meanwhile, stay-at-home restrictions will remain in place in Wales for a further three weeks.
