Part V General

Corrections and Changes of Name or Surname

P142 Correction of errors in registers.

C11

No alteration shall be made in any register of births, still-births, deaths or marriages except as authorised by or under this or any other Act.

F12

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.

4

The Registrar General may authorise district examiners to correct any such type of error as he may specify which they may discover in entries F2in a register during the course of their examination F3... under section 34 of this Act.

C25

The Registrar General may authorise the correction of any errors not dealt with under the preceding provisions of this section, by causing an appropriate entry to be made in the Register of Corrections Etc., and where the Registrar General refuses so to authorise such a correction the person who claims that an error has been made may appeal to the sheriff, whose decision in the matter shall be final.