The Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987

PART II GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO REGISTRATION

Preparation of draft particulars

3.—(1) Before commencing registration of a birth or death in the presence of a qualified informant the registrar shall, except where paragraph (2) applies, prepare a draft on an approved form of the particulars to be entered in the register.

(2) Before a qualified informant makes a declaration under Regulation 11, 12 or 13 or a statement under Regulation 17(3)(a) the officer before whom the declaration or statement is to be made shall prepare a draft on an approved form of the particulars to be entered in the register.

(3) Having prepared a draft of the particulars in accordance with paragraph (1) or (2) the officer shall show or read to the informant those particulars as entered on the form and shall correct any error or omission.

Absence of particulars

4.  Where during the registration of a birth or death it appears to the registrar that he cannot enter the particulars required in any space on the appropriate form, other than space 17 on form 1, he shall, subject to any other provision of these Regulations, draw a line in ink though that space before the informant is called upon to certify the entry.

Signature by mark or in foreign characters

5.  Where–

(a) under any provision of these Regulations a person is required to sign a register, declaration or statement in the presence of a superintendent registrar or a registrar;

(b) that person makes a mark or signs in characters other than those used in the English or Welsh language,

the superintendent registrar or registrar concerned shall write against the mark or signature the words “The mark [or signature] of ... ... ... ...”, inserting the name and surname of the person.

Registration in more than one place

6.—(1) A registrar shall not register a birth or death which has already been registered except–

(a) in accordance with Regulation 36, 45 or 47(4); or

(b) where the Registrar General gives his authority.

(2) Where it appears to a registrar that a birth or death has nevertheless been registered more than once–

(a) if there is no material difference in the particulars recorded, he shall write in the margin of every entry but the original the words “Inadvertently re-registered. For correct entry see No ... ... ... ...Register No ... ... ... ...”, inserting the number of the original entry and the number of the register in which it is recorded;

(b) if there is any material difference, he shall report the matter to the Registrar General and shall make such note in the margins of all or any of the entries as the Registrar General may authorise.

(3) Where a birth or death is re-registered on the authority of the Registrar General, the registrar making the new entry and the registrar or superintendent registrar having custody of the register in which the original entry was made shall make such notes, if any, in the margin of the respective entries as the Registrar General may authorise.