Section 3E Alternative grounds for granting applications: Scotland (English and Welsh and Northern Ireland residents)F1F6C1

This section applies to an application under section 1(1)(a) which states that it is an application for a certificate to be granted in accordance with this section.

In this section, and section 3F, in so far as those sections extend to England and Wales F2or to Northern Ireland, “protected Scottish civil partnership” and “protected Scottish marriage” have the meanings given by section 25.

The Panel must grant the application if satisfied that the applicant complies with the requirements imposed by and under section 3F and meets the conditions in subsections (4) to (7).

The first condition is that the applicant was a party to a protected Scottish marriage or a protected Scottish civil partnership on or before the date the application was made.

The second condition is that the applicant—

Where the applicant is ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland, subsection (5)(a) has effect as if for the words after “was living in the acquired gender” there was substituted “on 13 January 2014”.

The third condition is that the applicant—

The fourth condition is that the applicant is ordinarily resident in England or Wales F5or in Northern Ireland.

The Panel must reject the application if not required by subsection (3) to grant it.