The Gender Recognition (Prescription of Particulars to be Registered) (Scotland) Regulations 2005

Particulars to be registered in the Gender Recognition Register

2.—(1) The particulars required by paragraph 14(1)(a) of Schedule 3 to the Gender Recognition Act 2004 to be contained in an entry in the Gender Recognition Register are–

(a) in relation to the entry in the Gender Recognition Register, the particulars set out in paragraph (2);

(b) in relation to the person’s birth, the particulars set out in paragraph (3) as contained in the registers of births or the Adopted Children Register; and

(c) in relation to the person as at the date of registration, the particulars set out in paragraph (4).

(2) The particulars referred to in paragraph (1)(a) are–

(a) the year of the register;

(b) the district number;

(c) the entry number;

(d) the date of registration; and

(e) the signature of the Registrar General or a member of the Registrar General’s staff authorised by the Registrar General to sign the entry.

(3) The particulars referred to in paragraph (1)(b) are–

(a) the name of the registration district in which the birth was registered;

(b) the registration district number or volume number pertaining to the relevant register;

(c) the year in which the birth of the person was registered;

(d) the entry number in the relevant register;

(e) the person's–

(i) forename(s);

(ii) surname(s);

(iii) sex;

(iv) date of birth;

(v) place of birth; and

(f) the maiden surname of the person’s mother.

(4) The particulars referred to in paragraph (1)(c) are the person's–

(a) forename(s);

(b) surname(s); and

(c) sex.

(5) In paragraph (4)(c), “sex” means the acquired gender of the person.