PART VGENERAL
Correction of entries in registers35
1
An alteration shall not be made in an entry in any register otherwise than in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4) or any other statutory provision.
2
Any person authorised by the Registrar General in that behalf may—
a
correct in the prescribed manner any F1error (other than an error of fact or substance) in any register; and
b
correct any error of fact or substance in the register if a person requiring the error to be corrected (whether in pursuance of a notice or otherwise) produces to him a statutory document in the prescribed form specifying the error and the true facts, being a declaration made by a qualified informant, in relation to the birth or death in question, or by two credible persons possessing knowledge of the true facts.
3
Where an error of fact or substance (other than one relating to the cause of death) occurs in a coroner's certificate issued in relation to a death where an inquest is held, the coroner (or any succeeding coroner for the area in question) shall, if he is satisfied by evidence on oath or a statutory declaration that an error exists, give a certificate in the prescribed form to the officer having the custody of the register in which the information is entered stating the nature of the error and the true facts as ascertained by him on the evidence.
4
Where an officer having the custody of the register in question receives a certificate under paragraph (3) he shall, in such form and manner as the Registrar General may direct, correct the error without altering the original entry.