# Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, Paragraph 5


After section 5A insert—
“Other provision about applications and certificates
Applications by both civil partners
5B (1) This section applies where the Panel decides to issue a full gender recognition certificate to a party to a protected civil partnership.
(2) The Panel must not issue the full gender recognition certificate to that person unless the Panel issues a full gender recognition certificate to the other party to the protected civil partnership.
(3) In such a case, the Panel must issue both certificates on the same day.
(4) Those certificates take effect at the beginning of the day on which they are issued.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/30/schedule/5/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-same-sex-couples-act-2013/schedule-5/paragraph-5
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