Section 4B Application under section 4A: death of spouse or civil partner

F1In a case where an application is made under section 4A(2) F2... and the applicant's spouse F3or civil partner dies before the application is determined—

The Gender Recognition Panel determining the application must specify the period within which the applicant is to produce the required evidence in support of the new application.

In this section—

• “ new application ” means the application under section 5(2) F5or (as the case may be) section 5A(2) which the person is, by virtue of subsection (1), treated as having made;

• “ required evidence ” means the evidence required by section 5(4) F6or (as the case may be) section 5A(4).