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Contents

• Commencement
• Amendments and other effects
• SIs made under the Act

Commencement

Section	Commencement Date	Commencement Information
Ss. 1-8	4 September 2015	Gender Recognition Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 369 of 2015), art. 2
S. 9(1)	4 September 2015	Gender Recognition Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 369 of 2015), art. 2
S. 9(2)(a)	4 September 2015	Gender Recognition Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 369 of 2015), art. 2
S. 9(2)(b)		Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2)
S. 9(2)(c)	4 September 2015	Gender Recognition Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 369 of 2015), art. 2
S. 10(1)(a)-(e)	4 September 2015	Gender Recognition Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 369 of 2015), art. 2
S. 10(1)(f)(i)		Not yet commenced. Requires commencement order under s. 1(2)
S. 10(1)(f)(ii)-(iv)	4 September 2015	Gender Recognition Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 369 of 2015), art. 2
S. 10(2)	4 September 2015	Gender Recognition Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 369 of 2015), art. 2
S. 11(1)	4 September 2015	Gender Recognition Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 369 of 2015), art. 2
S. 11(2)(a)(i)	4 September 2015	Gender Recognition Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 369 of 2015), art. 2
s. 11(2)(a)(ii)		Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2)
S. 11(2)(a)(iii)	4 September 2015	Gender Recognition Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 369 of 2015), art. 2
S. 11(2)(b)	4 September 2015	Gender Recognition Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 369 of 2015), art. 2
S. 11(3)	4 September 2015	Gender Recognition Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 369 of 2015), art. 2
Ss. 12-14	4 September 2015	Gender Recognition Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 369 of 2015), art. 2
S. 15(1)-(7)	4 September 2015	Gender Recognition Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 369 of 2015), art. 2
S. 15(8)(a), (b)	4 September 2015	Gender Recognition Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 369 of 2015), art. 2
S. 15(8)(c)		Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2)
S. 15(8)(d)(i)	4 September 2015	Gender Recognition Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 369 of 2015), art. 2
S. 15(8)(d)(ii)(I)		Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2)
S. 15(8)(d)(ii)(II)-(IV)	4 September 2015	Gender Recognition Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 369 of 2015), art. 2
S. 15(9)-(11)	4 September 2015	Gender Recognition Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 369 of 2015), art. 2
Ss. 16, 17	4 September 2015	Gender Recognition Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 369 of 2015), art. 2
S. 18(1), (2)	4 September 2015	Gender Recognition Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 369 of 2015), art. 2
S. 18(3)		Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2)
S. 18(4)-(7)	4 September 2015	Gender Recognition Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 369 of 2015), art. 2
S. 18(8)		Not yet commenced. Commencement order required under s. 1(2)
Ss. 19-38	4 September 2015	Gender Recognition Act 2015 (Commencement) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 369 of 2015), art. 2

Amendments and other effects

How Affected	Affecting Provision
S. 2 amended	Family Courts Act 2024 (48/2024), ss. 1(2), 6, schedule 2, ref. 8
	Marriage Act 2015 (No. 35 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 24(a)
S. 9(2)(b) deleted	Marriage Act 2015 (No. 35 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 24(b)
S. 10(1)(f)(i) deleted	Marriage Act 2015 (No. 35 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 24(c)
S. 11(2)(a)(ii) deleted	Marriage Act 2015 (No. 35 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 24(d)
S. 15(8)(b) amended	Marriage Act 2015 (No. 35 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 24(e)(i)
S. 15(8)(c) deleted	Marriage Act 2015 (No. 35 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 24(e)(ii)
S. 15(8)(d)(ii)(I)	Marriage Act 2015 (No. 35 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 24(e)(iii)
S. 18(3) deleted	Marriage Act 2015 (No. 35 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 24(f)(i)
S. 18(8) deleted	Marriage Act 2015 (No. 35 of 2015), ss. 1(2), 24(f)(ii)

SIs made under the Act

Section	SIs made under the Act
S. 3	Gender Recognition (Forms of Application) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 373 of 2015)
S. 8	Gender Recognition (Forms of Application) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 373 of 2015)
S. 15	Gender Recognition (Forms of Application) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 373 of 2015)
S. 16	Gender Recognition (Forms of Application) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 373 of 2015)