Gender Recognition Act 2004

10 Registration U.K.

(1) Where there is a UK birth register entry in relation to a person to whom a full gender recognition certificate is issued, the Secretary of State must send a copy of the certificate to the appropriate Registrar General.

[F1 (1A) Where a full gender recognition certificate is issued to a person who is a party to—

(a) a marriage under the law of England and Wales, or

(b) a civil partnership under that law,

the Secretary of State must send a copy of the certificate to the Registrar General for England and Wales.]

[F2 (1B) Where a full gender recognition certificate is issued by a Gender Recognition Panel or the sheriff to a person who is a party to a protected Scottish marriage or a protected Scottish civil partnership, the Panel must send a copy of the certificate to the Registrar General for Scotland.]

[F3 (1C) Where a full gender recognition certificate is issued to a person who is a party to—

(a) a marriage under the law of Northern Ireland, or

(b) a civil partnership under the law of Northern Ireland,

the Secretary of State must send a copy of the certificate to the Registrar General for Northern Ireland.]

(2) In this Act “UK birth register entry”, in relation to a person to whom a full gender recognition certificate is issued, means—

(a) an entry of which a certified copy is kept by a Registrar General, or

(b) an entry in a register so kept,

containing a record of the person’s birth or adoption (or, if there would otherwise be more than one, the most recent).

(3) “The appropriate Registrar General” means whichever of—

(a) the Registrar General for England and Wales,

(b) the Registrar General for Scotland, or

(c) the Registrar General for Northern Ireland,

keeps a certified copy of the person’s UK birth register entry or the register containing that entry.

(4) Schedule 3 (provisions about registration) has effect.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 10(1A) inserted (30.6.2014 for specified purposes, 10.12.2014 in so far as not already in force) by Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30), s. 21(3), Sch. 5 para. 9(1); S.I. 2014/1662, art. 2(b); S.I. 2014/3169, art. 2

F2 S. 10(1B) inserted (S.) (16.12.2014) by Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 5), s. 36, Sch. 2 para. 9(1); S.S.I. 2014/287, art. 3, Sch.

F3 S. 10(1C) inserted (13.1.2020) by The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514), regs. 1(2), 44 (with regs. 6-9)