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Section 4C Married person or civil partner with interim certificate: issue of full certificate (Scotland)F1F13C1C2

Scotland

(1)

A Gender Recognition Panel must issue a full gender recognition certificate to a person F2if, on an application by the person (“the applicant”), the Panel is satisfied that the conditions set out in subsection (1A) are met.

(F31A)

The conditions referred to in subsection (1) are—

(a)

an interim gender recognition certificate has been issued to the applicant,

(b)

when the interim gender recognition certificate was issued, the applicant and another person (“P”) were the parties to—

(i)

a protected Scottish marriage, or

(ii)

a protected Scottish civil partnership,

(c)

the applicant and P are still, or have since become, the parties to—

(i)

a protected Scottish marriage, or

(ii)

a protected Scottish civil partnership, and

(d)

P consents to the marriage or civil partnership continuing after the issue of a full gender recognition certificate.

F4(2)

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(3)

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(4)

If, on an application under subsection F5(1), the Panel is not satisfied as mentioned in that subsection, the Panel must reject the application.

(5)

An application under subsection F6(1) must be made within the period of six months beginning with the day on which the interim gender recognition certificate is issued.

F7(6)

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(7)

An application under subsection F8(1) must include a statutory declaration of consent (within the meaning of section 3(6D)(b)(i) F9or (6G)(b)(i)) made by the person's spouse F10or (as the case may be) civil partner.

F11(8)

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(9)

If an application is made under this section, the Panel must give the applicant's spouse F12or (as the case may be) civil partner—

(a)

notice of the application, and

(b)

if the Panel grants the application, notice of the issue of the full gender recognition certificate.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Ss. 4C-4F inserted (S.) (16.12.2014) by Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 5), s. 36, Sch. 2 para. 5; S.S.I. 2014/287, art. 3, Sch.

F2

Words in s. 4C(1) substituted (30.11.2021) by Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 15), s. 16, sch. 2 para. 5(5)(a); S.S.I. 2021/351, reg. 2, sch. (with reg. 3)

F3

S. 4C(1A) inserted (30.11.2021) by Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 15), s. 16, sch. 2 para. 5(5)(b); S.S.I. 2021/351, reg. 2, sch. (with reg. 3)

F4

S. 4C(2)(3) repealed (30.11.2021) by Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 15), s. 16, sch. 2 para. 5(5)(c); S.S.I. 2021/351, reg. 2, sch. (with reg. 3)

F5

Word in s. 4C(4) substituted (30.11.2021) by Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 15), s. 16, sch. 2 para. 5(5)(d); S.S.I. 2021/351, reg. 2, sch. (with reg. 3)

F6

Word in s. 4C(5) substituted (30.11.2021) by Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 15), s. 16, sch. 2 para. 5(5)(e); S.S.I. 2021/351, reg. 2, sch. (with reg. 3)

F7

S. 4C(6) repealed (30.11.2021) by Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 15), s. 16, sch. 2 para. 5(5)(f); S.S.I. 2021/351, reg. 2, sch. (with reg. 3)

F8

Word in s. 4C(7) substituted (30.11.2021) by Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 15), s. 16, sch. 2 para. 5(5)(g)(i); S.S.I. 2021/351, reg. 2, sch. (with reg. 3)

F9

Words in s. 4C(7) inserted (30.11.2021) by Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 15), s. 16, sch. 2 para. 5(5)(g)(ii); S.S.I. 2021/351, reg. 2, sch. (with reg. 3)

F10

Words in s. 4C(7) inserted (30.11.2021) by Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 15), s. 16, sch. 2 para. 5(5)(g)(iii); S.S.I. 2021/351, reg. 2, sch. (with reg. 3)

F11

S. 4C(8) repealed (30.11.2021) by Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 15), s. 16, sch. 2 para. 5(5)(h); S.S.I. 2021/351, reg. 2, sch. (with reg. 3)

F12

Words in s. 4C(9) inserted (30.11.2021) by Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 15), s. 16, sch. 2 para. 5(5)(i); S.S.I. 2021/351, reg. 2, sch. (with reg. 3)

F13

S. 4C title substituted (30.11.2021) by Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 15), s. 16, sch. 2 para. 5(5)(j); S.S.I. 2021/351, reg. 2, sch. (with reg. 3)

Modifications

C1

S. 4C modified (16.12.2014) by The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 and Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3229), arts. 1(2), 15(2)

C2

S. 4C modified (16.12.2014) by The Marriage Between Civil Partners (Procedure for Change and Fees) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/361), regs. 1, 8(2)

Notes on Issue of full certificate after interim certificate: applicant married or a civil partner

Textual amendments

F1

Ss. 4A, 4B and cross-heading inserted (10.12.2014) by Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30), s. 21(3), Sch. 5 para. 4; S.I. 2014/3169, art. 2

F2

Words in s. 4A cross-heading inserted (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), regs. 1(2), 27 (with reg. 35)