Gender Recognition Act 2015
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Requirements on application for a gender recognition certificate | ||
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10. (1) A person who applies for a gender recognition certificate under section 8 shall furnish the following to the Minister: | ||
(a) his or her name, address, PPS number and contact details; | ||
(b) the forename and surname by which he or she wishes to be known; | ||
(c) proof of his or her identity; | ||
(d) in relation to his or her birth— | ||
(i) where he or she is a person referred to in paragraph (a) of section 9 (1), applicable proof of birth referred to in that paragraph, or | ||
(ii) where he or she is a person referred to in paragraph (b) of section 9 (1), applicable proof of birth referred to in that paragraph; | ||
(e) where he or she is a person referred to in paragraph (b) of section 9 (1), information and evidence to satisfy the Minister that the applicant is ordinarily resident in the State; | ||
(f) a statutory declaration declaring that he or she— | ||
(i) is not married or a civil partner, | ||
(ii) has a settled and solemn intention of living in the preferred gender for the rest of his or her life, | ||
(iii) understands the consequences of the application, and | ||
(iv) makes the application of his or her free will. | ||
(2) In this section “PPS number” means a personal public service number within the meaning of section 262 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 . |