# The Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987, Regulation 46: Noting of previous entry on registration after inquest

Extent: E+W

Where under regulation 45 ... the registrar registers a death which has already been registered on the information of a qualified informant–
(a) 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;
(b) 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2088/regulation/46 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-and-deaths-regulations-1987/regulation-46
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