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Removal from GRO index reference

Plxply
Plxply Posts: 594 Forumite
in Consumer rights
Hello,

Firstly, I'm not too sure if this is in the right area however this seemed most appropriate although if anyone can recommend a more appropriate section I'll happily post it there. For personal reasons (extremely long story) I would like my birth certificate and any information about me removed from the GRO index reference. Does anyone know if this is possible and if so how would I go about doing so?

Thanks,

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  • CIS
    CIS Posts: 12,260 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    I don't believe that you can get details removed from the GRO BMD index.
    I no longer work in Council Tax Recovery but instead work as a specialist Council Tax paralegal assisting landlords and Council Tax payers with council tax disputes and valuation tribunals. My views are my own reading of the law and you should always check with the local authority in question.
  • agrinnall
    agrinnall Posts: 23,344 Forumite
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    It doesn't look as if it would be easy, there's no mention of any way to do it here. I wouldn't have thought it's the sort of thing many people would have any experience of even if it is possible so your best bet may be to try contacting the GRO to ask them.
  • Plxply
    Plxply Posts: 594 Forumite
    Thanks for your help everyone, I will call them in the morning and hopefully post my result.
  • pmduk
    pmduk Posts: 10,700 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    It's an official Government record, so I suspect it can't be done. I'll be interested to learn their response.
  • pmduk
    pmduk Posts: 10,700 Forumite
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    Dredging aroung in my memory I know of someone who wanted a mistake corrected in the GRO records. It involved him petitioning the High Court.
  • Flyboy152
    Flyboy152 Posts: 17,118 Forumite
    I think, in the interests of clarity, someone ought to explain the what the flipping heck the GRO BMD index is. ;)
    The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark
  • kazzah60
    kazzah60 Posts: 752 Forumite
    general register office
    birth marriage death index
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