Issue of full certificate after interim certificate: applicant married
or a civil partner

Married person or civil partner with interim certificate: issue of full certificate
4A
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A Gender Recognition Panel must issue a full gender recognition certificate to a person
if subsection (2) applies
.
2
This subsection applies if
, on an application by the person, the Panel is satisfied that—
a
an interim gender recognition certificate has been issued to the person;
b
the person was a party to a protected marriage
or a protected civil partnership
at the time when the interim gender recognition certificate was issued;
c
the person is a party to a protected marriage
or a protected civil partnership
; and
d
the person's spouse
or civil partner
now consents to the marriage
or civil partnership
continuing after the issue of the full gender recognition certificate.
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4
If, on an application under subsection (2)
..., the Panel is not satisfied as mentioned in that subsection, the Panel must reject the application.
5
An application under subsection (2) must be made within the period of six months beginning with the day on which the interim gender recognition certificate is issued.
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7
An application under subsection (2)
... must include a statutory declaration of consent made by the person's spouse
or civil partner
.
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9
If an application is made under
subsection (2)
, the Gender Recognition Panel must give the applicant's spouse
or civil partner
—
a
notice of the application; and
b
if the Panel grants the application, notice of the issue of the full gender recognition certificate.
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Ss. 4A, 4B and cross-heading inserted (10.12.2014) by Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30), s. 21(3), Sch. 5 para. 4; S.I. 2014/3169, art. 2
Words in s. 4A cross-heading inserted (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), regs. 1(2), 27 (with reg. 35)
Words in s. 4A(1) substituted (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), regs. 1(2), 28(3) (with reg. 35)
Words in s. 4A(2) substituted (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), regs. 1(2), 28(4)(a) (with reg. 35)
Words in s. 4A(2)(b) inserted (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), regs. 1(2), 28(4)(b) (with reg. 35)
Words in s. 4A(2)(c) inserted (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), regs. 1(2), 28(4)(c) (with reg. 35)
Words in s. 4A(2)(d) inserted (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), regs. 1(2), 28(4)(d)(i) (with reg. 35)
Words in s. 4A(2)(d) inserted (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), regs. 1(2), 28(4)(d)(ii) (with reg. 35)
S. 4A(3) omitted (2.12.2019) by virtue of The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), regs. 1(2), 28(5) (with reg. 35)
Words in s. 4A(4) omitted (2.12.2019) by virtue of The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), regs. 1(2), 28(6) (with reg. 35)
S. 4A(6) omitted (2.12.2019) by virtue of The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), regs. 1(2), 28(7) (with reg. 35)
Words in s. 4A(7) omitted (2.12.2019) by virtue of The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), regs. 1(2), 28(8)(a) (with reg. 35)
Words in s. 4A(7) inserted (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), regs. 1(2), 28(8)(b) (with reg. 35)
S. 4A(8) omitted (2.12.2019) by virtue of The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), regs. 1(2), 28(9) (with reg. 35)
Words in s. 4A(9) substituted (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), regs. 1(2), 28(10)(a) (with reg. 35)
S. 4A(10) omitted (2.12.2019) by virtue of The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), regs. 1(2), 28(11) (with reg. 35)
Words in s. 4A(9) inserted (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), regs. 1(2), 28(10)(b) (with reg. 35)
Words in s. 4A heading inserted (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), regs. 1(2), 28(2) (with reg. 35)