Applications for gender recognition certificate
3BF1Evidence for granting applications on alternative grounds
1
This section applies to an application under section 1(1)(a) which states that it is an application for a certificate to be granted in accordance with section 3A.
2
The application must include either—
a
a report made by a registered medical practitioner, or
b
a report made by a registered psychologist practising in the field of gender dysphoria.
3
If the application is based on the applicant having or having had gender dysphoria—
a
the reference in subsection (2) to a registered medical practitioner is to one practising in the field of gender dysphoria, and
b
that subsection is not complied with unless the report includes details of the diagnosis of the applicant's gender dysphoria.
4
Subsection (2) is not complied with in a case where—
a
the applicant has undergone or is undergoing treatment for the purpose of modifying sexual characteristics, or
b
treatment for that purpose has been prescribed or planned for the applicant,
unless the report required by that subsection includes details of it.
5
The application must also include a statutory declaration by the applicant that the applicant meets the conditions in section 3A(3) and (4).
6
The application must include—
a
a statutory declaration as to whether or not the applicant is married or a civil partner,
b
any other information or evidence required by an order made by the Secretary of State, and
c
any other information or evidence which the Panel which is to determine the application may require,
and may include any other information or evidence which the applicant wishes to include.
7
If the applicant is married, the application must include a statutory declaration as to whether the marriage is a marriage under the law of England and Wales, of Scotland, of Northern Ireland, or of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom.
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If the applicant is a civil partner, the application must include a statutory declaration as to whether the civil partnership is a civil partnership under the law of England and Wales, of Scotland, or of Northern Ireland, or is an overseas relationship that is treated as a civil partnership by virtue of Chapter 2 of Part 5 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004.
8
If the applicant is married F3or a civil partner, and the marriage F4or civil partnership is a protected marriage F5or a protected civil partnership, the application must also include—
a
b
a statutory declaration by the applicant that the applicant's spouse F8or civil partner has not made a statutory declaration of consent (if that is the case).
9
10
If the Panel which is to determine the application requires information or evidence under subsection (6)(c) it must give reasons for doing so.