Amendment of the Gender Recognition Act 2004
8. In the Gender Recognition Act 2004(1)—
(a)in subsections (1)(b) and (2)(b) of section 3 (evidence), for “chartered psychologist” substitute “registered psychologist”;
(b)in section 25 (interpretation), omit the definition of “chartered psychologist” and insert the following definition at the appropriate place—
““registered psychologist” means a person registered in the part of the register maintained under the Health Professions Order 2001 which relates to practitioner psychologists,”;
(c)in section 27(5) (applications within two years of commencement), in the substituted section 3(1)(b), for “chartered psychologist” substitute “registered psychologist”; and
(d)in paragraph 1(2)(b) of Schedule 1 (gender recognition panels), for “chartered psychologists” substitute “registered psychologists”.