# Gender Recognition Act 2004, Section 11A: Change in gender of party to marriage


(1) This section applies in relation to a protected marriage if (by virtue of section 4(2)(b) or 4A) a full gender recognition certificate is issued to a party to the marriage.
(2) The continuity of the protected marriage is not affected by the relevant change in gender.
(3) If the protected marriage is a foreign marriage—
(a) the continuity of the marriage continues by virtue of subsection (2) notwithstanding any impediment under the proper law of the marriage;
(b) the proper law of the marriage is not affected by its continuation by virtue of subsection (2).
(4) In this section—
“foreign marriage” means a marriage under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom;
“impediment” means anything which affects the continuation of a marriage merely by virtue of the relevant change in gender;
“proper law”, in relation to a protected marriage, means the law of the country or territory under which the marriage was entered into;
“relevant change in gender” means the change or changes of gender occurring by virtue of the issue of the full gender recognition certificate or certificates.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/7/section/11A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/gender-recognition-act-2004/section-11A
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