# The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 1988, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987 (the principal Regulations).
Regulation 2 inserts into the principal Regulations Part VA which provides a procedure for the re-registration of a birth following a declaration of parentage or legitimacy under section 56 of the Family Law Act 1986. Regulations 3 and 6 make minor consequential amendments.
Regulation 4 amends regulation 56 of the principal Regulations to provide that where there is a minor clerical error which could otherwise be corrected under that regulation, the matter shall be reported to the Registrar General and corrected as she directs if the error occurs in an entry made under regulation 20, 22, 23 or 26A of the principal Regulations (which relate to the re-registration of certain births).
Regulation 5 corrects a mistake in regulation 57 of the principal Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/638/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-and-deaths-amendment-regulations-1988/note
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