SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3Registration

Part 3Northern Ireland

Entries in Gender Recognition Register and marking of existing birth register entries

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1

If the Registrar General receives under section 10(1) a copy of a full gender recognition certificate issued to a person, the Registrar General must—

a

make an entry in the Gender Recognition Register containing such particulars as may be prescribed in relation to the person’s birth and any other prescribed matter,

b

secure that the UK birth register entry is marked in such manner as may be prescribed, and

c

make traceable the connection between the entry in the Gender Recognition Register and the UK birth register entry.

2

Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply if the gender recognition certificate was issued after an application under section 6(1) and that sub-paragraph has already been complied with in relation to the person.

3

No certified copy of the UK birth register entry and no short certificate of birth compiled from that entry is to include anything marked by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)(b).

4

Information kept by the Registrar General for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(c) is not to be open to public inspection or search.

5

“Prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Department of Finance and Personnel.