The Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987

Correction of error on coroner’s certificate

59.—(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 in respect of any entry made on or after 1st April 1969; or

(b) a certificate relating to that entry given by the coroner pursuant to section 29(4)(a) or (b) of the Act(1), 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.

(2) Where the error is a clerical error, the superintendent registrar or the registrar shall correct the error in the manner provided in Regulation 54(1)(a), (b), (c) or (e), whichever is appropriate, and shall write in the margin of the entry a note in the following form–

• “Error in ... ... ... ...corrected on ... ... ... ...by me ... ... ... ...Superintendent Registrar [or 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–

(a) underlining the erroneous matter in the entry; and

(b) writing in the margin of the entry a note in the following form–

• “In No ... ... ... ...in ... ... ... ...for ... ... ... ...read ... ... ... ...Corrected on ... ... ... ...by me ... ... ... ... Superintendent Registrar [or Registrar] on the authority of a certificate from the Coroner”,

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

(1)

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).