Gender Recognition Act 2004

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[F14AMarried person [F2or civil partner] with interim certificate: issue of full certificateU.K.

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(1)A Gender Recognition Panel must issue a full gender recognition certificate to a person [F3if subsection (2) applies].

(2)[F4This 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 [F5or 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 [F6or a protected civil partnership]; and

(d)the person's spouse [F7or civil partner] now consents to the marriage [F8or civil partnership] continuing after the issue of the full gender recognition certificate.

F9(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4)If, on an application under subsection (2) F10..., 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.

F11(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(7)An application under subsection (2) F12... must include a statutory declaration of consent made by the person's spouse [F13or civil partner].

F14(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(9)If an application is made under [F15subsection (2)], the Gender Recognition Panel must give the applicant's spouse [F16or 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.

F17(10). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 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

F2Words 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)

F3Words 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)

F4Words 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)