The Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987

Re-registration where parent attends

20.—(1) Where the parent attends personally at the office of the relevant registrar for re-registration, the registrar shall show or read to the parent the particulars entered in the Registrar General’s authority.

(2) If it appears that there is any error or omission in those particulars the registrar shall correct it in such manner as the Registrar General may direct.

(3) The registrar shall then in the presence of the parent–

(a) copy the particulars recorded in the spaces of the authority into the corresponding spaces of form 1 so however that if any particular has been corrected in pursuance of paragraph (2) he shall enter only the particulars as corrected, omitting any incorrect particular which has been struck out;

(b) enter in space 12 of form 1 the qualification of the informant as “father” or “mother”, as the case may be, and call upon the parent to verify the particulars as entered and to sign the entry in space 14;

(c) enter in space 15 of form 1 the date on which the entry is made and add the words “On the authority of the Registrar General”;

(d) sign the entry in space 16 of form 1 and add his official description.