The Gender Recognition Register (Marriage and Civil Partnership) Regulations 2015

Revocation of gender recognition certificate etc.

21.—(1) This regulation applies if, after an entry has been made in one of the GR registers in relation to a person, the High Court, the Court of Session or the family court makes an order under section 8(6) of the 2004 Act(1) quashing the decision to grant the person’s application under section 1(1), 4A, 5(2), 5A(2) or 6(1) of the 2004 Act(2).

(2) Subject to any appeal, the Registrar General must, on being notified of an order under section 8(6) of the 2004 Act—

(a) cancel the entry relating to the person in the Gender Recognition Marriage Register, or the Gender Recognition Civil Partnership Register, as the case may be, and

(b) cancel any marking of an entry relating to the person made by virtue of regulation 5(1)(b) or 15(1)(b).

(1)

Section 8 was amended by section 250(5)(b) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33); paragraph 160 of Schedule 11(1) to the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22); and paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 to the 2013 Act.

(2)

Section 4A was inserted by paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 to, the 2013 Act; section 5(2) was amended by section 250(1) and (3)(a) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004; section 5A was inserted by section 250(4) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004; and section 6 was amended by paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 to, the 2013 Act.