Regulation 59 Correction of error on coroner’s certificateI1

England and Wales

(1)

Where the superintendent registrar or the registrar having the custody of a register containing an entry made in pursuance of a coroner’s certificate after inquest receives–

(a)

notification from the coroner of a clerical error in the certificate F1...; or

(b)

a certificate relating to that entry given by the coroner pursuant to section 29(4)(a) or (b) of the Act^f1, as to an error of fact or substance in the certificate after inquest and as to the true facts of the case,

he shall send a report to the Registrar General, enclosing a copy of the entry and (as the case may be) of the coroner’s certificate and notification, or of the coroner’s certificates, relating to the entry.

F2(2)

Where the error is a clerical error, the superintendent registrar or the registrar shall correct the error by entering a marginal note in the following form—

“Clerical error in space [or column] .. .. .. corrected to .. .. .. on .. .. .. by me .. .. .. registrar [or superintendent registrar ] on receipt of notification from the Coroner”,

and he shall complete and sign the note in the places provided.

(3)

Where the error is one of fact or substance the superintendent registrar or the registrar shall correct the error by–

F3(a)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F4(b)

entering a marginal note in the following form—

“In space [or column] .. .. .. corrected to .. .. ..on .. .. ..by me .. .. .. registrar [or superintendent registrar] on the authority of a certificate from the Coroner”,

and he shall complete and sign the note in the places provided.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 59(1)(a) omitted (13.11.2006) by virtue of The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2827), regs. 1(1), 21(1)
F2: Reg. 59(2) substituted (13.11.2006) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2827), regs. 1(1), 21(2)
F3: Reg. 59(3)(a) omitted (13.11.2006) by virtue of The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2827), regs. 1(1), 21(3)
F4: Reg. 59(3)(b) substituted (13.11.2006) by The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2827), regs. 1(1), 21(4)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 59 in force at 1.1.1988, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1: Section 29(4) was amended by Schedule 12 to the Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45) and by Schedule 2 to the Coroners Act 1980 (c. 38).