# The Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987, Regulation 57: Correction of other clerical errors after completion

Extent: E+W

(1) Where it appears or is represented to a superintendent registrar or a registrar that in a completed entry made ..., on the information of a qualified informant, in a register of live-births, still-births or deaths in his custody, there is a clerical error other than one to which Regulation 55, 56 , 58A or 59(2) applies, he shall send a report to the Registrar General and shall include with his report–
(a) such evidence as the Registrar General may require for the purpose of verifying the facts;
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) a copy of the entry.
(2) On receiving the authority of the Registrar General the superintendent registrar or the registrar concerned shall correct the error .......
(3) Where any correction is made under paragraph (2) the registrar or the superintendent registrar concerned shall—
(a) enter a marginal note in the following form—
“In space [or column] .. .. corrected to .. .. on .. .. by me .. .. [registrar or superintendent registrar] on authority of the Registrar General”;
(b) complete and sign the note in the places provided; and
(c) record on the marginal note the informant’s qualification for giving information concerning the correction.
(4) Where no qualified informant is available to witness the correction, the superintendent registrar or the registrar concerned shall write a marginal note in the following form—
“In space [or column] …corrected to …..on …. by me ….. registrar [or superintendent registrar] on the authority of the Registrar General”
and he shall complete and sign the note in the places provided.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/2088/regulation/57 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-and-deaths-regulations-1987/regulation-57
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