Applications for gender recognition certificate
1Applications
1
A person of either gender who is aged at least 18 may make an application for a gender recognition certificate on the basis of—
a
living in the other gender, or
b
having changed gender under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom.
2
In this Act “the acquired gender”, in relation to a person by whom an application under subsection (1) is or has been made, means—
a
in the case of an application under paragraph (a) of that subsection, the gender in which the person is living, or
b
in the case of an application under paragraph (b) of that subsection, the gender to which the person has changed under the law of the country or territory concerned.
3
An application under subsection (1) is to be determined by a Gender Recognition Panel.
4
Schedule 1 (Gender Recognition Panels) has effect.