54.—(1) Where under these Regulations a registrar is required to correct an error in an entry [F1, which he is preparing in manuscript] of a birth or death before the completion of the entry, he shall, subject to paragraph (2), make the correction in the following manner–
(a)if a word is incorrect, he shall strike it out by a line drawn through it, but so that the word remains legible, and shall write the correct word above it;
(b)if in any group of figures one or more is incorrect, he shall strike out all the figures by a line drawn through them, but so that they remain legible, and shall write the correct figures above them;
(c)if a word has been omitted, he shall place a caret where the omission occurs and above the caret he shall write the omitted word, except that if there is sufficient space he shall write the word where the omission occurs and underline it;
F2(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(e)if the particulars required to be entered in any two spaces have been inadvertently transposed, the registrar shall, without any other correction, write in the margin of the entry a note of the error in the following form: “The particulars in ... ... ... ...and ... ... ... ...inadvertently transposed”, inserting the numbers of the spaces and adding his initials.
(2) If it appears that an error has been made in his signature, the informant shall make the correctionF3....
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 54(1) inserted (13.11.2006) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2827), regs. 1(1), 16(1)
F2Reg. 54(1)(d) omitted (13.11.2006) by virtue of The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2827), regs. 1(1), 16(2)
F3Words in reg. 54(2) omitted (13.11.2006) by virtue of The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2827), regs. 1(1), 16(3)
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