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Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976
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- Order extended by 2022 c. 18 (N.I.) s. 77(4)
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Correction or cancellation of entries in registers on motion of certain officersN.I.
36.—(1) Where in the opinion of a registrar a register F1... contains an error of fact or substance he shall notify the Registrar General to that effect.
(2) The Registrar General may require [F2any registrar] to issue a notice to a qualified informant requiring him to correct the error.
(3) The Registrar General may, or [F3any registrar] required by the Registrar General to do so, shall, by notice in writing require any qualified informant—
(a)to [F4take such steps as may be specified in the notice for the purposes of this paragraph within such time] as may be so specified; and
(b)to produce a statutory document in the prescribed form specifying the error and the true facts, so far as they are known to him;
and where an informant complies with sub-paragraph ( b), the Registrar General may cause the register to be corrected under Article 35(2) as if the conditions set out in that paragraph had been satisfied.
(4) Where the Registrar General is satisfied that an entry in a register contains any error of fact or substance and that a qualified informant is not, or two credible persons possessing knowledge of the true facts are not, available in relation to that entry, he may—
(a)issue a direction to [F5any registrar], requiring him to make such a correction in the entry as may be specified in the direction; or
(b)where the register is in the custody of the Registrar General, cause to be made a correction in the entry.
(5) Where the Registrar General is satisfied that two or more entries in any register have been made in respect of the same event, he may issue a direction [F6requiring any person to cancel such of the entries as the Registrar General may specify].
F1Words in art. 36(1) repealed (16.11.2012) by Civil Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 20), ss. 15(2)(a), 34, Sch. 2; S.R. 2012/406, art. 2, Sch.
F2Words in art. 36(2) substituted (16.11.2012) by Civil Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 20), ss. 15(2)(b), 34; S.R. 2012/406, art. 2, Sch.
F3Words in art. 36(3) substituted (16.11.2012) by virtue of Civil Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 20), ss. 15(2)(c)(i), 34; S.R. 2012/406, art. 2, Sch.
F4Words in art. 36(3)(a) substituted (16.11.2012) by Civil Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 20), ss. 15(2)(c)(ii), 34; S.R. 2012/406, art. 2, Sch.
F5Words in art. 36(4) substituted (16.11.2012) by Civil Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 20), ss. 15(2)(d), 34; S.R. 2012/406, art. 2, Sch.
F6Words in art. 36(5) substituted (16.11.2012) by Civil Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 20), ss. 15(2)(e), 34; S.R. 2012/406, art. 2, Sch.
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