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3Section 4 (successful applications): for subsections (2) and (3) substitute—
“(2)The certificate is to be a full gender recognition certificate if—
(a)the applicant is neither a civil partner nor married,
(b)the applicant is a party to a protected marriage and the applicant’s spouse consents to the marriage continuing after the issue of a full gender recognition certificate, or
(c)the applicant is a party to a protected civil partnership and the Panel has decided to issue a full gender recognition certificate to the other party to the civil partnership.
(3)The certificate is to be an interim gender recognition certificate if—
(a)the applicant is a party to a protected marriage and the applicant’s spouse does not consent to the marriage continuing after the issue of a full gender recognition certificate,
(b)the applicant is a party to a marriage that is not a protected marriage,
(c)the applicant is a party to a protected civil partnership and the other party to the civil partnership has not made an application under section 1(1),
(d)the applicant is a party to a protected civil partnership and the Panel has decided not to issue a full gender recognition certificate to the other party to the civil partnership, or
(e)the applicant is a party to a civil partnership that is not a protected civil partnership.
(3A)If a Gender Recognition Panel issues a full gender recognition certificate under this section to an applicant who is a party to a protected marriage, the Panel must give the applicant’s spouse notice of the issue of the certificate.
(3B)Subsection (2)(c) is subject to section 5B.”.
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