Regulation 46 Noting of previous entry on registration after inquestI1
England and Wales
Where under regulation 45 F1... the registrar registers a death which has already been registered on the information of a qualified informant–
if the registrar has custody of the register containing the previous entry, he shall, without altering that entry, write in its margin the words “Re-registered on coroner’s certificate at entry No…”, inserting the number of the new entry;
where the previous entry is in a register in the custody of a superintendent registrar, he shall give him a copy of the new entry together with particulars of the previous entry whereupon the superintendent registrar shall, without altering the previous entry, write in its margin the words “Re-registered on coroner’s certificate at entry No…in register No…”, inserting the number of the new entry and of the register.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Words in reg. 46 omitted (9.9.2024) by virtue of The Registration of Births and Deaths (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/885), regs. 1(2), 2(13) (with art. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2024/904, arts. 1(2), 2)