Gender Recognition Act 2004

1 (1) [F1 Subject to sub-paragraph (1A), the Lord Chancellor]F1 must, after consulting the Scottish Ministers and the Department of Finance and Personnel in Northern Ireland, make appointments to a list of persons eligible to sit as members of Gender Recognition Panels. U.K.

[F2 (1A) The Lord Chancellor may appoint a person under sub-paragraph (1) only with the concurrence of all of the following—

(a) the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales;

(b) the Lord President of the Court of Session;

(c) the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.]

F2 (2) The only persons who may be appointed to the list are persons who—

(a) have a relevant legal qualification (“legal members”), or

(b) are registered medical practitioners or [F3 registered psychologists]F3 (“medical members”).

(3) The following have a relevant legal qualification—

(a) a person who has a 7 year general qualification within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41),

(b) an advocate or solicitor in Scotland of at least seven years' standing, and

(c) a member of the Bar of Northern Ireland or [F4 solicitor of the Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland]F4 of at least seven years' standing.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(1) substituted (3.4.2006) by The Lord Chancellor (Transfer of Functions and Supplementary Provisions) (No.2) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1016), art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 13

F2 Sch. 1 para. 1(1A) inserted (3.4.2006) by The Lord Chancellor (Transfer of Functions and Supplementary Provisions) (No.2) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1016), art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 14

F3 Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(2)(b) substituted (1.7.2009) by The Health Care and Associated Professions (Miscellaneous Amendments and Practitioner Psychologists) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1182), art. 4(2), Sch. 5 para. 8(d) (with arts. 9, 10); S.I. 2009/1357, art. 2(d)

F4 Words in Sch. 1 para. 1(3)(c) substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148, Sch. 11 para. 5; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)