{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gender-recognition-register-regulations-2005/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gender-recognition-register-regulations-2005/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/912",
  "legislation_title": "The Gender Recognition Register Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gender-recognition-register-regulations-2005",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Gender Recognition Register Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 4th April 2005.\n(2) In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires—\n“the 2004 Act” means the Gender Recognition Act 2004;\n“the Adopted Children Register” means the register maintained by the Registrar General under section 11 of the Adoption of Children Act 1926, section 12 of the Adoption of Children Act 1949, section 17 of the Adoption Act 1950, section 20 of the Adoption Act 1958 and section 50 of the Adoption Act 1976;\n“the Air Register Book of Births and Deaths” means the book of certified copies kept by the Registrar General under section 43 of the Civil Aviation Act 1946, section 55 of the Civil Aviation Act 1949 and section 83(5) of the Civil Aviation Act 1982;\n“consular or High Commission records” means certified copies of birth entries sent to the Registrar General under the Registration of Births and Deaths (Consular Officers) Regulations 1930, the Registration of Births and Deaths (Consular Officers) Regulations 1943, the Registration of Births and Deaths (Consular Officers) Regulations 1948, the Registration of Births and Deaths (High Commissioners) Regulations 1964, the Registration of Births and Deaths (Consular Officers) Regulations 1974, the Registration of Overseas Births and Deaths Regulations 1982 or any other consular or High Commission record of a birth entry held by the Registrar General;\n“Her Majesty’s forces records” means the registers held by the Registrar General under any Order in Council under section 1 of and records held under section 3 of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Special Provisions) Act 1957 and any other record of a birth held by the Registrar General which took place outside the United Kingdom among the families of members of Her Majesty’s naval, military or air forces and other associated or connected personnel;\n“Hovercraft Records” means records transmitted to the Registrar General pursuant to regulation 5 of the Hovercraft (Births, Deaths and Missing Persons) Regulations 1972;\n“the marine register” means the register of certified copies held by the Registrar General under section 254 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894, section 72 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970 and section 108(8) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995; and\n“Parental Order Register” means the register maintained by the Registrar General under section 50 of the Adoption Act 1976 as modified by the Parental Orders (Human Fertilisation and Embryology) Regulations 1994;",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1926 c. 29 (16 & 17 Geo 5); the whole Act was repealed by the Adoption Act 1950, section 46, Schedule 4 and by Children Act 1975 section 108, Schedule 4 Part 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1949 c. 98 (12, 13 & 14 Geo 6); the whole Act was repealed by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993, section 1(1), Schedule 1 Part VIII."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1950 c. 26 (14 Geo 6); the whole Act was repealed by the Adoption Act 1958, section 59(2) and Schedule 6."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1958 c. 5 (7 Eliz 2); the whole Act was repealed by the Adoption Act 1976, section 73(3) and Schedule 4."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1976 c. 36 the whole Act is to be repealed by the Adoption and Children Act 2002, section 139(3), Schedule 5 from a day to be appointed."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "1946 c. 70 (9 & 10 Geo 6); the whole Act was repealed by the Civil Aviation Act 1949, section 70, Schedule 12 and the Air Corporations Act 1949, section 41, Schedule 3."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "1949 c. 67 (12, 13 & 14 Geo 6); the whole Act was repealed by the Civil Aviation Act 1982, section 109 and Schedule 16."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "1982 c. 16."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "S.R & O. 1930/740."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "S.R & O. 1943/765, revoked by S. R & O. 1948/2837."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f11",
      "text": "S. R & O. 1948/2837, revoked by S.I. 1974/2136."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f12",
      "text": "S.I. 1964/1967 which lapsed on the repeal of the British Nationality Act 1948."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f13",
      "text": "S.I. 1974/2136 which lapsed on the repeal of the British Nationality Act 1948."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f14",
      "text": "S.I. 1982/1123."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f15",
      "text": "1957 c. 58 (5 & 6 Eliz 2); section 3 was amended by S.I. 2002/1419, article 3(1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f16",
      "text": "S.I. 1972/1513."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f17",
      "text": "1894 c. 60 (57 & 58 Vict); whole Act repealed by the Merchant Shipping Act 1988 and various other enactments."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f18",
      "text": "1970 c. 36; whole Act repealed by the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 and various other enactments."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f19",
      "text": "1995 c. 21."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f20",
      "text": "S.I. 1994/2767."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2011/1607",
      "affecting_title": "The Gender Recognition Register (Amendment) Regulations 2011"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2011/1607",
      "affecting_title": "The Gender Recognition Register (Amendment) Regulations 2011"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2010/986",
      "affecting_title": "The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Parental Orders) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2010"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2009/1892",
      "affecting_title": "The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Consequential Amendments and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2009"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/912/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:01:16.886671+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}