SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5Change of gender of married persons or civil partners

PART 1Applications by married persons and civil partners

Errors in certificates

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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, ”.