The Registration of Births, Still-Births and Deaths (Prescription of Errors) (Scotland) Regulations 1997
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.