Rule 29.6 Documents in proceedings concerning gender recognition

(1)

This rule applies to all documents in proceedings brought under—

(a)

F1section 12(1)(g) or (h) of, or paragraph 11(1)(e) of Schedule 1 to, the 1973 Act M1; F2...

F3(aa)

section 12A(3) of the 1973 Act in a case where section 12(1)(g) or (h) of the 1973 Act applies; F4...

F5(ab)

section 50(1)(d) of the 2004 Act;

(ac)

section 50(1)(e) of the 2004 Act; or

(b)

the Gender Recognition Act 2004.

(2)

Documents to which this rule applies must, while they are in the custody of the court, be kept in a place of special security.

F6(In relation to paragraph (1)(aa), section 9(6) of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 provides that where a civil partnership is converted into a marriage, the civil partnership ends on the conversion, and the resulting marriage is to be treated as having subsisted since the date the civil partnership was formed.)

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in rule 29.6(1)(a) substituted (1.7.2015) by The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2015 (S.I. 2015/913), rules 1, 12(a)(i)(aa) (with rule 14)
F2: Word in rule 29.6(1)(a) omitted (1.7.2015) by virtue of The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2015 (S.I. 2015/913), rules 1, 12(a)(i)(bb) (with rule 14)
F3: Rule 29.6(1)(aa) inserted (1.7.2015) by The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2015 (S.I. 2015/913), rules 1, 12(a)(ii) (with rule 14)
F4: Word in rule 29.6(1)(aa) omitted (1.10.2021) by virtue of The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2021 (S.I. 2021/875), rules 1, 11(a)
F5: Rule 29.6(1)(ab)(ac) inserted (1.10.2021) by The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2021 (S.I. 2021/875), rules 1, 11(b)
F6: Words in rule 29.6 inserted (1.7.2015) by The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2015 (S.I. 2015/913), rules 1, 12(b) (with rule 14)

Marginal citations

M1: Section 12(g) was amended by section 148 of and paragraph 34 of Schedule 4 to the Mental Health Act 1983 and section 4(4) of and paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 2 to the Gender Recognition Act 2004.