# The Registration of Marriages Regulations 2015, Regulation 11L: Correction of the marriage register by the Registrar General


(1) For the purposes of this regulation, there is an error in an entry in the marriage register relating to a marriage so far as—
(a) any particulars required by section 53D(10)(a) of the Act to be entered in the register in respect of the marriage were omitted from the entry or entered incorrectly, or
(b) the entry contains any particulars which were inaccurate at the time when the marriage was solemnized, despite being correctly entered in the register under that section.
(2) Where a person considers that there is an error in an entry in the marriage register relating to a marriage to which that person is or was party, that person may apply to have the entry amended to correct the error.
(3) An application under paragraph (2) must be made in writing to a superintendent registrar.
(4) Paragraphs (5) to (11) apply where—
(a) a person makes an application to a superintendent registrar under paragraph (2), or
(b) it appears to a superintendent registrar (otherwise than as a result of such an application) that there is an error in an entry in the marriage register.
(5) The superintendent registrar must report the matter to the Registrar General.
(6) The superintendent registrar’s report must contain such information as the Registrar General may require.
(7) The Registrar General may request evidence in relation to the matter from the applicant (if any) or require evidence in relation to the matter from the superintendent registrar.
(8) If the Registrar General is satisfied, on the basis of the superintendent registrar’s report and any evidence provided under paragraph (7), that there is an error in an entry in the marriage register, the Registrar General may amend the entry to correct the error.
(9) Subject to paragraph (10), where the Registrar General amends an entry under this regulation to correct particulars which the Registrar General considers were entered incorrectly under section 53D(10)(a) of the Act or were inaccurate at the time when the marriage was solemnized despite being entered correctly, the Registrar General must make the amendment in such a way that the amended entry does not show those incorrectly entered or inaccurate particulars.
(10) The Registrar General is permitted to make only a marginal note in the register to correct an error under this regulation where the Registrar General considers that the error in the entry exists because of an error made by a party to the marriage in providing information—
(a) in connection with giving notice of the marriage under section 27 of the Act, or
(b) to the specified person required to sign the marriage schedule in respect of the marriage under section 53C(6) or (7) of the Act or (as the case may be) the clergyman required to sign the marriage document in respect of the marriage under section 53B(4) of the Act.
(11) An amendment made under this regulation to an entry in the marriage register must be made—
(a) in English if it is made to correct particulars entered or required to be entered in English, or to add omitted particulars which were required to be entered in English;
(b) in Welsh if it is made to correct particulars entered or required to be entered in Welsh, or to add omitted particulars which were required to be entered in Welsh.
(12) For the purposes of this regulation, particulars in an entry in the marriage register relating to a party’s parents or step-parents—
(a) are not inaccurate by reason only of the fact that any particular person either is or is not included as a parent or step-parent of the party, but
(b) are inaccurate so far as they fail to include—
(i) the word “deceased” in relation to a parent or step-parent who had died, or
(ii) the word “retired” in relation to a parent or step-parent who had retired from a former occupation stated in the particulars relating to that parent or step-parent.
(13) For the purposes of this regulation, particulars in any entry in the marriage register relating to the condition of a party are not inaccurate so far as they describe a party as “Single” as a result of that word having been entered in relation to that party in space 4 on the marriage schedule form or marriage document form in respect of the marriage at that party’s request in accordance with these Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/207/regulation/11L (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/registration-of-marriages-regulations-2015/regulation-11L
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