2U.K.Section 3 (evidence): after subsection (6) insert—
“(6A)If the applicant is married, an application under section 1(1) must include a statutory declaration as to whether the marriage is a marriage under the law of England and Wales, of Scotland, of Northern Ireland, or of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom.
(6B)If the applicant is married, and the marriage is a protected marriage, an application under section 1(1) must also include—
(a)a statutory declaration by the applicant's spouse that the spouse consents to the marriage continuing after the issue of a full gender recognition certificate (“a statutory declaration of consent”) (if the spouse has made such a declaration), or
(b)a statutory declaration by the applicant that the applicant's spouse has not made a statutory declaration of consent (if that is the case).
(6C)If an application includes a statutory declaration of consent by the applicant's spouse, the Gender Recognition Panel must give the spouse notice that the application has been made.”.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 5 para. 2 in force at 10.12.2014 by S.I. 2014/3169, art. 2