Section 2 of the 2018 Act defined “woman” as including “a person who has the protected characteristic of gender reassignment (within the meaning of section 7 of the Equality Act 2010) if, and only if, the person is living as a woman and is proposing to undergo, is undergoing or has undergone a process (or part of a process) for the purpose of becoming female”. 4. In 2022, the Court of Session found that the definition of “woman” in section 2 of the 2018 Act was outwith the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament and therefore not law. 5.