Amendments proposed to the Gender Recognition Bill - continued	House of Commons
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Mr Tim Boswell

11

Clause     5,     page     3,     line     38,     leave out 'six months' and insert 'two years'.

   

Dr Evan Harris

68

*Clause     5,     page     3,     line     38,     leave out subsection (3).

   

Lynne Jones

55

Clause     5,     page     3,     line     38,     leave out 'six months' and insert 'one year'.

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Mr Tim Boswell

12

Clause     6,     page     4,     line     21,     at end add 'and may not charge for the issue of a corrected certificate if the need arose because of official error'.

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Mr Tim Boswell

13

Clause     7,     page     4,     line     27,     leave out 'an' and insert 'a reasonable'.

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Mr Andrew Selous

39

Clause     8,     page     4,     line     37,     at end insert—

    '( )   Subsection (2) will not affect the right of the applicant's family to offer evidence in accordance with section 3(6).'.

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Mr Tim Boswell

18

Clause     9,     page     5,     line     16,     after 'purposes', insert 'including legislation relating to discrimination'.

   

Mr Andrew Selous

44

Clause     9,     page     5,     line     16,     after 'purposes', insert 'defined by this Act'.

   

Mr Tim Boswell

14

Clause     9,     page     5,     line     17,     leave out 'sex' and insert 'gender'.

   

Mr Tim Boswell

15

Clause     9,     page     5,     line     18,     leave out 'sex' and insert 'gender'.

   

Mr Tim Boswell

16

Clause     9,     page     5,     line     19,     leave out subsection (2).

   

Mr Tim Boswell

17

Clause     9,     page     5,     line     23,     leave out subsection (3).

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Mr Tim Boswell

19

Schedule     3,     page     20,     line     22,     at end insert—

    '(4)   A gender recognition certificate may also be revoked at the request of the person to whom it has been issued.'.

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Mr Andrew Selous

42

Schedule     4,     page     26,     line     27,     leave out from 'clergyman' to 'reasonably' in line 28 and insert 'or any minister of a recognised religious body is not obliged to permit the marriage of a person to be solemnised in the church, chapel or other religious building of which he or she is a minister, if the minister'.

   

Mr Andrew Selous

43

Schedule     4,     page     26,     line     34,     at end insert—

'(3)	A registrar of births, marriages and deaths is not obliged to solemnise the marriage of a person if the registrar reasonably believes that the person's gender has become the acquired gender under the Gender Recognitition Act 2004.'.

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Mr Tim Boswell
Mr Andrew Selous

27

Schedule     5,     page     28,     line     15,     at end insert 'provided that it shall be possible for any individual whether or not personally in receipt of a gender recognition certificate, but as a consequence of the issue of such a certificate to any person, to apply to the High Court or Court of Session for an order on the ground of detriment to his present or future income, and the court may, if it is satisfied that it is just to do so, make in relation to any person benefiting such arrangements for the reallocation of income between the interested parties as it may deem appropriate.'.

   

Lynne Jones
Dr Evan Harris

53

Schedule     5,     page     29,     line     37,     at end insert—

    '(2A)   But sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply to a person who was aged not less than 59 years on the date of Royal Assent of this Act and who was a woman immediately before the certificate is issued, and the rights of that person to a Category A retirement pension are to be decided as if the certificate had not been issued.'.

   

Mr Tim Boswell
Mr Andrew Selous

20

Schedule     5,     page     32,     line     11,     at end insert—

'Continued payment of benefit

13A	In any case where the Secretary of State judges that the ending of an entitlement to state benefit under this Schedule may give rise to hardship or to excessive administrative cost he may provide for the continuing payment of benefit as if the certificate had never been issued.'.

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Lynne Jones
Dr Evan Harris

50

Page     7,     line     22,     leave out Clause 19.

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Mr Tim Boswell

21

Clause     22,     page     9,     line     3,     leave out 'in an official capacity'.

   

Mr Tim Boswell

22

Clause     22,     page     9,     line     15,     leave out 'or of a voluntary organisation'.

   

Lynne Jones
Dr Evan Harris

51

Clause     22,     page     9,     line     31,     at end insert 'where prior application for disclosure has been made to the court or tribunal, the court has ruled that such disclosure is relevant and reasonable.'.

   

Mr Tim Boswell

23

Clause     22,     page     9,     line     37,     at end insert 'or'.

   

Mr Andrew Selous

45

Clause     22,     page     9,     line     37,     at end insert—

    '( )   the disclosure is made within the context of a recognised religious body for the purpose of maintaining its procedures, practices, ethos and beliefs.'.

   

Mr Tim Boswell

24

Clause     22,     page     9,     line     39,     leave out from '(5)' to end of line 41.

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Mr Hugh Bayley
Mr Frank Field

32

Clause     25,     page     11,     line     29,     at end insert—

       '"live together as partners" means—

(a)	none of the provision of sections 1, 11 or 12(a) to 12(f) of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 apply;

(b)	the couple live together;

(c)	the couple retain their responsibilities in relation to any existing dependants; and

(d)	the couple maintain existing financial support for one another.'.

   

Mr Hugh Bayley
Mr Frank Field

33

Clause     25,     page     11,     line     29,     at end insert—

    '( )   Two people may live together as partners irrespective of whether—

(a)	they have been or remain for the time being legally married, or

(b)	either of them has been issued with an interim gender recognition certificate or a gender recognition certificate.'.

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Mr Tim Boswell

25

Clause     26,     page     11,     line     38,     at end add '; but the Secretary of State shall not make such an order until he is satisfied that legislation has been enacted to introduce civil partnerships for those persons whose marriage has been annulled by this Act and that such legislation is in force'.

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Mr Andrew Selous

36

Clause     27,     page     12,     leave out lines 15 to 17 and insert—

'(a)	a report made by a registered medical practitioner recognised as currently practising in the field of gender dysphoria in the United Kingdom, and

(b)	a report by a registered medical practitioner who has an entry in the specialist register held by the General Medical Council which confers their eligibility to practise as a consultant psychiatrist within the National Health Service.'.

   

Mr Andrew Selous

37

Clause     27,     page     12,     line     20,     leave out paragraph (a) and insert—

'(a)	the reference in subsection (1) to a registered medical practitioner is to one recognised as currently practising in the field of gender dysphoria in the United Kingdom.'.

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NEW CLAUSES

Marriage between transsexual persons

   

Mr Tim Boswell

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

'(1)	This section shall have effect in connection with marriages between two persons both of whom have applied for and received a gender recognition certificate under section 4 (3) of this Act.

(2)

Both parties to a marriage who have received a certificate under subsection (1) of this section may make a joint application to the Registrar-General for that part of the United Kingdom who holds their record of marriage, or in the case of a marriage conducted under the law of another country, that part of the United Kingdom where they currently reside, for—

(a)   the issue of a full gender recognition certificate to each of the parties severally, and

(b)   the issue of a modified certificate of marriage differing only from the original in respect of the gender of each party to that marriage, and any consequential modifications of name having regard to the gender change.

(3)

The Registrar-General may request such additional information as he requires to satisfy himself that the marriage is valid and continuing; and shall make such arrangements for the recording of the issue of a modified certificate of marriage as may be appropriate, having regard to section 22 of this Act.

(4)	Nothing done under this section shall be deemed to affect things done or events occurring before the issuance of certificates under subsection (2) above, nor anything under the marriage laws of the several parts of the United Kingdom.'.

Prepared 9 Mar 2004