SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5Change of gender of married persons or civil partners

PART 1Applications by married persons and civil partners

Errors in certificates

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Section 6 (errors in certificates)—

(a)

for the title substitute “ Errors ”;

(b)

for subsection (1) substitute—

“(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.”;

(c)

subsection (3): for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)

must grant the application if satisfied that the ground on which the application is made is correct, and”;

(d)

subsection (4): for “a corrected” substitute “ a correct, or a corrected, ”.