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(1)A scheme member must give Ministers notice of—
(a)a change in the member’s name,
(b)the issue of a full gender recognition certificate to the member under section 4 of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (c. 7), or
(c)any other change in circumstance of a prescribed type.
(2)A notice under subsection (1) must be given within 3 months of the date of the change or issue of the certificate to which it relates.
(3)An individual who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with subsection (1) commits an offence.
(4)An individual guilty of an offence under subsection (3) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
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