The Registration Services (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Order 2006 No. 596

Amendments to the Gender Recognition Act 2004

2.—(1) Part 2 of Schedule 3 to the Gender Recognition Act 2004(1) (registration: Scotland) is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2) For paragraph 17, substitute–

“Abbreviated extracts of birth compiled from Gender Recognition Register

17.   Where an abbreviated extract of birth under section 39E(2) of the 1965 Act is compiled from the Gender Recognition Register, the extract must not disclose that fact.”.

(3) In paragraph 18, for “section 20(1) and (3)” substitute “section 20(1)”.

(4) In paragraph 20–

(a) for “Section 41” substitute “sections 41 and 41A(3)”, and

(b) for “applies” substitute “apply”.

(1)

2004 c. 7.

(2)

As inserted by the Local Electoral Administration and Registration Services (Scotland) Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”), section 44(5).

(3)

As inserted by the 2006 Act, section 44(6).