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

Application under section 4A: death of spouse or civil partner
4B
1
In a case where an application is made under section 4A(2)
... and the applicant's spouse
or civil partner
dies before the application is determined—
a
the application is to be treated as an application, made under section 5(2) in a case where a spouse has died
or under section 5A(2) in a case where a civil partner has died
, for a full gender recognition certificate to be issued; and
b
that application is to be treated as having been made at the time when the application under section 4A was made.
2
The Gender Recognition Panel determining the application must specify the period within which the applicant is to produce the required evidence in support of the new application.
3
In this section—
- “
new application
” means the application under section 5(2)
or (as the case may be) section 5A(2)
which the person is, by virtue of subsection (1), treated as having made;
- “
required evidence
” means the evidence required by section 5(4)
or (as the case may be) section 5A(4)
.
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. 4B(1) omitted (2.12.2019) by virtue of The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), regs. 1(2), 29(3)(a)(i) (with reg. 35)
Words in s. 4B(1) inserted (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), regs. 1(2), 29(3)(a)(ii) (with reg. 35)
Words in s. 4B(1)(a) inserted (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), regs. 1(2), 29(3)(b) (with reg. 35)
Words in s. 4B(3) inserted (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), regs. 1(2), 29(4)(a) (with reg. 35)
Words in s. 4B(3) inserted (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), regs. 1(2), 29(4)(b) (with reg. 35)
Words in s. 4B heading inserted (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), regs. 1(2), 29(2) (with reg. 35)