Gender Recognition Act 2004

The Gender Recognition Act 2004The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 29 of this Act. 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 governmentSubmission on the United Kingdom's sixth periodic report under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Equality and Human Rights Commission.  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.

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Category:2000s Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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