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

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5 U.K. Change of gender of married persons or civil partners

PART 1 U.K. Applications by married persons and civil partners

Errors in certificates U.K.

6 U.K. 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, ”.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 5 para. 6 in force at 10.12.2014 by S.I. 2014/3169, art. 2