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The Gender Recognition (Disclosure of Information) (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Order 2005

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GENDER RECOGNITION, ENGLAND AND WALES

GENDER RECOGNITION, NORTHERN IRELAND

Section 22 of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (“the Act”) provides that it is an offence for a person who has acquired protected information in an official capacity to disclose the information to any other person. “Protected information” is defined in section 22(2) as information relating to a person who has applied for a gender recognition certificate under the Act, and which concerns that application (or a subsequent application by them), or their gender prior to being granted a full gender recognition certificate. Section 22(3) defines where a person acquires protected information in an official capacity.