{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hovercraft-births-deaths-and-missing-persons-regulations-1972/regulation-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1972/1513",
  "legislation_title": "The Hovercraft (Births, Deaths and Missing Persons) Regulations 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hovercraft-births-deaths-and-missing-persons-regulations-1972",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Rectification of entries of births, deaths and missing persons",
  "text": "(1) If the Secretary of State is satisfied that there is an error or omission in any entry made in the record of births, deaths, or missing persons kept in his Department, he may, in accordance with evidence of the true facts relating to the entry, rectify it in such manner as may appear to him appropriate.\n(2) Within seven days after the correction of any entry in his records in accordance with this Regulation, the Secretary of State shall cause a certified copy of such corrected entry to be transmitted to the appropriate Registrar-General.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1972/1513/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T22:25:55.681816+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}