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Textual Amendments
F1S. 5B and cross-heading inserted (10.12.2014) by Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30), s. 21(3), Sch. 5 para. 5; S.I. 2014/3169, art. 2
[F3(1)Where a gender recognition certificate has been issued to a person, the person or the Secretary of State may make an application for—
(a)an interim gender recognition certificate, on the ground that a full gender recognition certificate has incorrectly been issued instead of an interim certificate;
(b)a full gender recognition certificate, on the ground that an interim gender recognition certificate has incorrectly been issued instead of a full certificate; or
(c)a corrected certificate, on the ground that the certificate which has been issued contains an error.]
(2)If the certificate was issued by a court the application is to be determined by the court but in any other case it is to be determined by a Gender Recognition Panel.
(3)The court or Panel—
[F4(a)must grant the application if satisfied that the ground on which the application is made is correct, and]
(b)otherwise must reject it.
(4)If the court or Panel grants the application it must issue [F5a correct, or a corrected,] gender recognition certificate to the applicant.
Textual Amendments
F2S. 6 title substituted (10.12.2014) by Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30), s. 21(3), Sch. 5 para. 6(a); S.I. 2014/3169, art. 2
F3S. 6(1) substituted (10.12.2014) by Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30), s. 21(3), Sch. 5 para. 6(b); S.I. 2014/3169, art. 2
F4S. 6(3)(a) substituted (10.12.2014) by Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30), s. 21(3), Sch. 5 para. 6(c); S.I. 2014/3169, art. 2
F5Words in s. 6(4) substituted (10.12.2014) by Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30), s. 21(3), Sch. 5 para. 6(d); S.I. 2014/3169, art. 2