STAATSKOERANT, 12 OKTOBER 2018 No. 41970   27 (3) The Director-General must, in respect of each notice of birth contemplated in regulations 3, 4 and 5, authenticate the veracity of the information furnished to him or her and either approve or reject the notice. (4) For the purposes of subregulation (3), the Director-General may prior to approval of notice of birth contemplated in regulation 3, 4 or 5 cause any person who gives the notice or supported such notice to be interviewed by a screening committee established by him or her. (5) The screening committee must, after interviewing all relevant persons relating to the information contained in the notice, make recommendations to the Director-General who shall consider and approve or reject the notice. (6) Where it is apparent from a notice of birth that the child or the person whose birth is sought to be registered is a non-South African citizen, the Director-General may deal with the notice as contemplated in regulation 8. (7) The date of birth or identity number allocated to a child or person whose notice of birth was approved as contemplated in subregulation (1) may not be rectified after the period contemplated in subregulation (2). (8) Where a notice of birth is rejected, the Director-General shall inform the parents, in writing, of the rejection of the notice. (9) If at any time after a birth certificate has been issued it becomes apparent that the birth certificate was issued erroneously to any person, the Director-General must cancel the birth registration, birth certificate and any other documents, including an identity document or passport issued to the holder of such birth certificate. Notice of birth of children born of permanent residents and refugees 7.(1) Regulations 3, 4, 5 and 6 shall apply with the necessary changes to persons who hold permanent residence status in terms of section 26 or 27 of the Immigration Act and to persons who hold refugee status in terms of section 24 of the Refugees Act. (2) Upon approval of a notice of birth, the Director-General must issue to the parents a confirmation of birth on a Form DHA–19 illustrated in Annexure 4: Provided that an identity number, as contemplated in terms of section 7 of the Identification Act, for holders of a valid permanent residence permit issued in terms of the Immigration Act or refugee permit issued in terms of section 24 of the Refugees Act, will be allocated to the child after the issuance of the derivative permanent residence status or refugee status to the child. 7 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za