The Registration of Overseas Births and Deaths Regulations 2014

Amendments of errors or omissions

12.—(1) If a registration officer discovers any error or omission in an entry in the register which has been completed, the registration officer may, if satisfied as to the correctness of any amendment to be made, insert a note containing the correction or additional information against the entry in the register to that effect. The note must be dated and contain the name of the registration office making the note.

(2) Before making such a note the registration officer must take such action as may be reasonable to ensure that notice in writing of the precise correction to be made is given to—

(a) in the case of a birth, the original informant or the person whose birth entry is being corrected, or if that person is a minor, their parent or guardian;

(b) in the case of a death, the original informant or, to the relatives or personal representatives of the deceased.

(3) Where after completion of an entry in the register of births, the person to whom the entry relates is given one or more Christian or forenames in baptism or otherwise, which differ from the Christian or forenames (if any) recorded in the entry, the name or names so given may, subject to the production of satisfactory evidence that the child has been known by the new or additional name or names since its earliest years, be recorded in the register, together with the date from which the child has been known by the new or additional name or names, without alteration of the previous name or names.

(4) Where any entry relates to a birth or death which should not have been entered, a registration officer may cancel the entry by making a note to that effect. The note must be dated and contain the name of the registration officer making the note.