Regulation 73 Correction of minor clerical errors after completion
Original text. Later amendments are not shown.
(1)
Where it appears to the superintendent registrar or the registrar, as the case may be, that there is in any completed entry in a register of births, still-births or deaths in his custody any error or omission to which this regulation applies (in this part of these regulations called a “Class I clerical error”), he shall correct the error in the manner prescribed in regulation 72(1), (a), (b), (c) or (e), whichever is appropriate.
(2)
The clerical errors to which this regulation applies are—
(a)
in a case where the particulars have been entered otherwise than by copying from a document specified in sub-paragraph (f) of this paragraph, any error in spelling any word which is not the name or surname of any person, or the misplacement or incorrect repetition of any such word;
(b)
the incorrect statement or omission of the year of the birth, still-birth or death to which an entry relates or of the year of registration (but not of both);
(c)
the incorrect statement or omission of the month in the date of registration, where it is evident from the preceding and succeeding entries what month should have been inserted;
(d)
the omission of the words “by declaration dated …” in space 14 of a birth entry made in pursuance of regulation 24;
(e)
the omission of any of the words “by baptism on …” or “on certificate of naming dated …” , as the case may be, following the entry of a name in space 17 of a birth entry made in pursuance of section 13 of the Act (which relates to registration or alteration of name after registration of birth);
(f)
any error or omission in copying any particulars required to be copied from—
(i)
a declaration made in pursuance of regulation 24;
(ii)
a certificate of name given in baptism, or a certificate of name given otherwise than in baptism, delivered in pursuance of the said section 13;
(iii)
a certificate of cause of death;
(iv)
a doctor's or midwife's certificate of still-birth;
(v)
a coroner's notification after post-mortem without inquest;
(vi)
a coroner's certificate after inquest.
(3)
Where a registrar makes any correction under paragraph (1), he shall make the correction in the presence and with the concurrence of the superintendent registrar or Inspector of Registration, and shall write in the margin of the entry a note in the following form:—
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and shall complete and sign the note in the places provided; and the super-intendent registrar or Inspector of Registration, as the case may be, shall thereupon sign the note in the place provided.
(4)
Where a superintendent registrar makes a correction under paragraph (1), he shall write in the margin of corrected entry a note in the following form—
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(5)
Where a registrar or a superintendent registrar is authorised by the Registrar General to correct, as if it were a Class I clerical error, a clerical error or omission of a kind other than those specified in paragraph (2), he shall correct the error or omission in the manner provided in regulation 72(1), (a), (b), (c) or (e), whichever is appropriate, and shall write in the margin of the entry a note in the following form or in such other form as the Registrar General may in any particular case direct—
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and shall complete and sign the note in the places provided.
