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.