# The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Regulations 1968, Regulation 74: Correction of other clerical errors


(1) Where it appears or is represented to a superintendent registrar or a registrar that there is in a completed entry made on the information of an informant in a register of births, still-births or deaths in his custody a clerical error other than a Class I clerical error, he shall send a report to the Registrar General about the alleged error, including in that report—
(a) such evidence as the Registrar General may require for the purpose of verifying the facts;
(b) the name of a qualified informant who will be available to witness a correction of the error; and
(c) a copy of the entry.
(2) On receiving the authority of the Registrar General to correct such an error, the superintendent registrar or the registrar, as the case may be, shall, in the presence of a qualified informant specified in the authority for the purpose, correct the error in the manner provided in regulation 72 (1), (a), (b), (c) or (e), whichever is appropriate.
(3) Where any correction is made under this regulation, the superintendent registrar or the registrar, as the case may be, 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 informant shall sign the note in the place provided and the superintendent registrar or registrar shall add to the signature of the informant his qualification.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1968/2049/regulation/74 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-births-deaths-and-marriages-regulations-1968/regulation-74
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