GENDER REASSIGNMENT ACT 2000 - SECT 15

GENDER REASSIGNMENT ACT 2000 - SECT 15

15 .         Issue of recognition certificates

        (1)         Where an application under section 14 relates to an adult, the Board may issue a recognition certificate if —

            (a)         one or more of the following applies —

                  (i)         the reassignment procedure was carried out in the State;

                  (ii)         the birth of the person to whom the application relates is registered in the State;

                  (iii)         the person to whom the application relates is a resident of the State and has been so resident for not less than 12 months;

                and

            (b)         the Board is satisfied that the person —

                  (i)         believes that his or her true gender is the gender to which the person has been reassigned; and

                  (ii)         has adopted the lifestyle and has the gender characteristics of a person of the gender to which the person has been reassigned; and

                  (iii)         has received proper counselling in relation to his or her gender identity.

        (2)         Where an application under section 14 relates to a child, the Board may issue a recognition certificate if —

            (a)         one or more of the following applies —

                  (i)         the reassignment procedure was carried out in the State;

                  (ii)         the birth of the child is registered in the State;

                  (iii)         the child is a resident of the State and has been so resident for not less than 12 months;

                and

            (b)         the Board is satisfied that it is in the best interests of the child that the certificate be issued.

        [(3)         deleted]

        [Section 15 amended: No. 1 of 2019 s. 4.]