The Registration of Births, Still-Births and Deaths (Prescription of Errors) (Scotland) Regulations 1991
These Regulations prescribe the errors which a district registrar may, in addition to clerical errors, correct in an entry in the register of births, still-births or deaths provided that–the error is noted before the entry is signed, orif it is noted after the entry is signed, it is corrected within seven days from the date of signing, in the presence of the informant.