Gender Recognition Act 2004 Explanatory Notes

1. Introduction

2.  Summary and Background

3. The Act

4. Commentary on Sections

   1. Section 1: Applications

   2. Section 2: Determination of applications

   3. Section 3: Evidence

   4. Section 4:  Successful applications

   5. Section 5: Subsequent issue of full certificates

   6. Section 6: Errors in certificates

   7. Section 7:  Applications: supplementary

   8. Section 8: Appeals etc.

   9. Section 9:  General

   10. Section 10:  Registration

   11. Section 11:  Marriage

   12. Section 12:  Parenthood

   13. Section 13: Social security benefits and pensions

   14. Section 14:  Discrimination

   15. Section 15: Succession etc

   16. Section 16:  Peerages

   17. Section 17:  Trustees and personal representatives

   18. Section 18:  Orders where expectations defeated

   19. Section 19: Sport

   20. Section 20: Gender-specific offences

   21. Section 21: Foreign gender change and marriage

   22. Section 22: Prohibition on disclosure of information

   23. Section 23: Power to modify statutory provisions

   24. Section 24: Orders and regulations

   25. Section 27: Applications within two years of commencement

5. Commencement

6. Hansard References