Introductory text
County Court, England And Wales
Gender Recognition
Made 12th April 2021
Laid before Parliament 13th April 2021
Coming into force 4th May 2021
The Lord Chancellor, with the consent of the Treasury, makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 92(1) and (2) of the Courts Act 2003 (“the 2003 Act”)f1.
The Lord Chancellor has had regard to the principle referred to in section 92(3) of the 2003 Act.
The Lord Chancellor has consulted the Lord Chief Justice, the Master of the Rolls, the President of the Queen’s Bench Division, the President of the Family Division, the Chancellor of the High Court, the Head of Civil Justice, and the Deputy Head of Civil Justice as required by section 92(5) of the 2003 Act, and the Civil Justice Council as required by section 92(6) of the 2003 Act.
The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 7(2) of the Gender Recognition Act 2004f2.
Annotations
Footnotes
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2003 c. 39. Section 92 was amended by paragraph 345 of Schedule 4 and paragraph 4 of Schedule 11 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4) and by paragraph 40(a) of Schedule 9 and paragraph 95 of Schedule 10 to the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22).
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2004 c. 7. Section 7 was amended by section 250(5) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), paragraph 7 of Schedule 5 to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30), and paragraph 19(1) of Schedule 2 to the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 5).