Part 2Registration services
Registration information
45Correction of errors in registers
1
The 1965 Act is amended in accordance with subsections (2) and (3).
2
In section 42 (correction of errors in registers), for subsections (2) and (3) there is substituted—
2
Subject to subsection (3A) below, the district registrar for a registration district may correct a relevant error in an entry in a register of births, still-births, deaths or marriages kept or held by him.
3
In subsection (2) above, “relevant error” means—
a
in respect of an entry relating to a birth or death—
i
a clerical error arising from the faulty transcription of particulars provided by a qualified informant, or
ii
an error of such other description as may be prescribed, and
b
in respect of an entry relating to a marriage—
i
a clerical error arising from the faulty transcription of particulars from a Marriage Schedule, or
ii
an error of such other description as may be prescribed.
3A
Subsection (2) above does not apply if the entry is in a part which has been examined under section 34 of this Act.
3
Section 45 (correction of errors in parochial registers) is amended as follows—
a
the existing provision becomes subsection (1) of that section; and
b
after that subsection there is inserted—
2
The reference in subsection (1) above to written evidence includes evidence which is submitted by electronic means if it is received in a form which is legible and capable of being used for subsequent reference.