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Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021

Registrar-General and registry - Functions, duties, and powers - Correction of errors

131: Registrar-General must correct errors

You could also call this:

"Fixing mistakes in birth, death, and marriage records"

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The Registrar-General checks for mistakes in the registry. You can think of the registry like a big book that stores information about births, deaths, and marriages. The Registrar-General must fix any errors they find after checking the information. The Registrar-General looks at the information and decides what to do. They correct any mistakes, like typos, that they are sure are wrong. They also delete any information that is incorrect. The Registrar-General checks information that comes from outside New Zealand, like a death or divorce that happened overseas. If they think this information is wrong, they delete it from the registry. They also add any new information that is correct and should be in the registry.

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Part 5Registrar-General and registry
Functions, duties, and powers: Correction of errors

131Registrar-General must correct errors

  1. The Registrar-General must, after making any inquiries under section 127 that the Registrar-General considers appropriate,—

  2. correct any information in the registry that the Registrar-General is satisfied contains a clerical error; and
    1. delete any information from the registry that the Registrar-General is satisfied is incorrect; and
      1. delete any information from the registry recorded under section 50 or 63 in respect of the receipt of a certificate or information relating to a death, divorce, or dissolution of a marriage or civil union outside New Zealand, if the Registrar-General is satisfied that the information received or contained in the certificate received is incorrect; and
        1. delete any information from the registry obtained from an overseas registration authority and recorded under section 114 in relation to a name change, a death, a divorce, or the dissolution of a marriage or civil union if the Registrar-General is satisfied that the information received is incorrect; and
          1. register any information in the Registrar-General’s possession that is not registered and that the Registrar-General is satisfied is correct and should be registered (including for the purpose of replacing information deleted under paragraph (b)).

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