Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5 Change of gender of married persons or civil partners

PART 1 Applications by married persons and civil partners

Errors in certificates

6 Section 6 (errors in certificates)—

(a) for the title substitute “Errors”;

(b) for subsection (1) substitute—

“(1) Where a gender recognition certificate has been issued to a person, the person or the Secretary of State may make an application for—

(a) an interim gender recognition certificate, on the ground that a full gender recognition certificate has incorrectly been issued instead of an interim certificate;

(b) a full gender recognition certificate, on the ground that an interim gender recognition certificate has incorrectly been issued instead of a full certificate; or

(c) a corrected certificate, on the ground that the certificate which has been issued contains an error.”;

(c) subsection (3): for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a) must grant the application if satisfied that the ground on which the application is made is correct, and”;

(d) subsection (4): for “a corrected” substitute “a correct, or a corrected,”.