Gender Recognition Act 2004
Public General Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Gender Recognition Act 2004[1] is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that allows people who have gender dysphoria to change their legal gender. It came into effect on 4 April 2005.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) appreciated the challenges to married transsexual people and their partners presented by Schedule 2 of the Act and in a recent submission to government[2] they recommend:
The government amends the Gender Recognition Act to allow for the automatic conversion of a marriage into a civil partnership upon one member of the couple obtaining a gender recognition certificate.
References change
- ↑ The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 29 of this Act.
- ↑ Submission on the United Kingdom's sixth periodic report under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Equality and Human Rights Commission. Archived 2 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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