F1Issue of full certificate after interim certificate: applicant married
4BApplication under section 4A: death of spouse
1
In a case where an application is made under section 4A(2) or (3) and the applicant's spouse dies before the application is determined—
a
the application is to be treated as an application, made under section 5(2) in a case where a spouse has died, for a full gender recognition certificate to be issued; and
b
that application is to be treated as having been made at the time when the application under section 4A was made.
2
The Gender Recognition Panel determining the application must specify the period within which the applicant is to produce the required evidence in support of the new application.
3
In this section—
“new application” means the application under section 5(2) which the person is, by virtue of subsection (1), treated as having made;
“required evidence” means the evidence required by section 5(4).
Ss. 4A, S. 4B and cross-heading inserted (10.12.2014) by Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30), s. 21(3), Sch. 5 para. 4; S.I. 2014/3169, art. 2