Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953

[F1 29A Alternative procedure for certain corrections. E+W

(1) This section applies where, in an entry in a register of live-births, still-births or deaths, a person is wrongly shown as [F2 —

(a) the father of the person to whose birth or death the entry relates; or

(b) a parent of that person (having been so registered on the basis of being such a parent by virtue of 42, 43 or 46(1) or (2) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008).]

(2) Where this section applies, the statutory declaration required by section 29(3) of this Act may be made—

(a) in default of two qualified informants, by one qualified informant of the birth or death to which the entry relates;

(b) in default of any qualified informant, by one credible person having knowledge of the truth of the case.

(3) Such a statutory declaration must be accompanied by documentary evidence of a finding that the person shown as the father was not the father [F3 or, as the case may be, that the person shown as a parent was not such a parent by virtue of 42, 43 or 46(1) or (2) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008] .

(4) But subsection (5) applies if it appears to the officer having custody of the register that the only evidence on which the finding was made was that of the person making the statutory declaration.

(5) In that case, the officer may correct the error only if satisfied that another person, who is either a qualified informant or a credible person having knowledge of the truth of the case, has (whether before or since the making of the declaration) confirmed the material facts stated in the declaration.

(6) “Finding” means a finding made expressly in judicial proceedings in the United Kingdom or elsewhere.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 29A inserted (24.7.2002) by The Deregulation (Correction of Birth and Death Entries in Registers or Other Records) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1419), art. 2(2)

F2 Words in s. 29A(1) substituted (6.4.2009 for specified purposes, 1.9.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (c. 22), s. 68(2), Sch. 6 para. 10(2); S.I. 2009/479, art. 6(1)(e)(2) (with art. 7, Sch.)

F3 Words in s. 29A(3) inserted (6.4.2009 for specified purposes, 1.9.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (c. 22), s. 68(2), Sch. 6 para. 10(3); S.I. 2009/479, art. 6(1)(e)(2) (with art. 7, Sch.)