The Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987

Correction of other clerical errors after completion

57.—(1) Where it appears or is represented to a superintendent registrar or a registrar that in a completed entry made on or after 1st April 1969, on the information of a qualified informant, in a register of live-births, still-births or deaths in his custody, there is a clerical error other than one to which Regulation 54, 56 or 59(2) applies, he shall send a report to the Registrar General and shall include with his report–

(a)such evidence as the Registrar General may require for the purpose of verifying the facts;

(b)the name and surname of the qualified informant (if any) who will be available to witness correction of the error; and

(c)a copy of the entry.

(2) On receiving the authority of the Registrar General the superintendent registrar or the registrar concerned shall correct the error in the manner provided in Regulation 54(1)(a), (b), (c), or (e), whichever is appropriate, in the presence of the qualified informant specified in the authority of the Registrar General.

(3) Where any correction is made under paragraph (2) the superintendent registrar or the registrar concerned shall write in the margin of the entry a note in the following form–

• “Error in ... ... ... ...corrected on ... ... ... ...by me ... ... ... ...Superintendent Registrar [or Registrar], in the presence of ... ... ... ...on the authority of the Registrar General”,

and shall complete and sign the note in the places provided whereupon–

(a)the informant shall sign the note in the place provided; and

(b)the superintendent registrar or the registrar concerned shall after the signature of the informant add the informant’s qualification for giving information concerning the correction.

(4) Where no qualified informant is available to witness the correction, the superintendent registrar or the registrar concerned shall write in the margin of the entry a note in the following form (or in such other form as may be authorised by the Registrar General in any particular case)–

• “Error in ... ... ... ...corrected on ... ... ... ...by me ... ... ... ...Superintendent Registrar [or Registrar] on the authority of the Registrar General”,

and shall complete and sign the note in the places provided.