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Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014

Appeals etc.

287.Paragraph 8 makes consequential amendments to section 8 (appeals etc.) of the Gender Recognition Act to reflect the insertion of sections 4C, 4E and 4F of the Act by this Act.

288.Paragraph 8 also inserts new subsection (5B) into section 8 of the Gender Recognition Act and makes a consequential amendment to section 8(6) of that Act. New subsection (5B) enables an applicant’s spouse or civil partner to apply to the Court of Session where the spouse or civil partner considers that a full gender recognition certificate has been obtained fraudulently.

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