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The Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987
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- 1987 No. 2088
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Correction of errors of fact or substanceE+W
58.—(1) Where it appears or is represented to a superintendent registrar or a registrar that there is an error of fact or substance in a completed entry in a register of live-births, still-births or deaths in his custody, other than an entry to which Regulation [F158A or] 59 applies, he shall–
(a)send a report to the Registrar General giving such information as the Registrar General may require and enclosing a copy of the entry; and
(b)comply with any instructions which the Registrar General may give for the purpose of verifying the facts of the case and ascertaining whether there are available two persons qualified to make a statutory declaration required by section 29(3) of the Act(1).
(2) On being informed by the Registrar General that the error may be corrected on production of such a statutory declaration, the superintendent registrar or the registrar concerned shall on production to him of the statutory declaration correct the error in the following manner–
F2(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)he shall write in the margin of the entry a note in the following form (or such other form as the Registrar General may authorise in any particular case)–
“In No ... ... ... ...in ... ... ... ...for ... ... ... ...read ... ... ... ...Corrected on ... ... ... ...by me ... ... ... ... Superintendent Registrar [or Registrar] on production of a statutory declaration made by ... ... ... ...and ... ... ... ...”,
and he shall enter the particulars of the correction and of the declarants and complete and sign the note in the places provided.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 58 inserted (9.9.2024) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/885), regs. 1(2), 2(18) (with art. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2024/904, arts. 1(2), 2)
F2Reg. 58(2)(a) omitted (13.11.2006) by virtue of The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2827), regs. 1(1), 20
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(1)
Section 29(3) was amended by Schedule 2 to the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Fees) Order 1968 (S.I. 1968/1242).
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