Gender recognition outwith Scotland 20 8 Gender recognition obtained outwith Scotland After section 8L of the 2004 Act (inserted by section 7) insert— “8M Gender recognition obtained elsewhere in the United Kingdom (1) Where a person has been issued with a full gender recognition certificate under this Act as it applies in England and Wales or Northern Ireland (and that 25 certificate has not been revoked)— (a) the person is to be treated for all purposes as if the person had, when that certificate was issued, been issued with a full gender recognition certificate by the Registrar General for Scotland, and (b) accordingly, the person’s gender is the acquired gender. 30 (2) In this Act, “the acquired gender”, in relation to a person mentioned in subsection (1), means the person’s gender under the law of England and Wales or Northern Ireland following the issue of the certificate. 8N Gender recognition obtained outwith the United Kingdom (1) Where a person has obtained overseas gender recognition (and that recognition 35 has not ceased to have effect)— (a) the person is to be treated for all purposes as if the person had, when that recognition was obtained, been issued with a full gender recognition certificate by the Registrar General for Scotland, and (b) accordingly, the person’s gender is the acquired gender. 40 (2) But subsection (1) does not apply if it would be manifestly contrary to public policy to treat the person as mentioned in subsection (1)(a). 11 Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill (2A) Subsection (2B) applies where— (a) a person’s gender is the acquired gender by virtue of subsection (1), (b) the person’s overseas gender recognition ceases to have effect under the law of the country or territory in which it was obtained, and 5 (c) after the overseas gender recognition ceases to have such effect, the person’s gender under that law is neither male nor female. (2B) Subsection (1) continues to apply to the person as if the overseas gender recognition had not ceased to have effect. (3) In this Act— 10 (a) “overseas gender recognition” means gender recognition obtained in a 1 country or territory outwith the United Kingdom which resulted in a person’s gender under the law of that country or territory becoming male instead of female, or female instead of male, (b) “the acquired gender”, in relation to a person mentioned in subsection 15 (1) (where that subsection applies), means the person’s gender under the law of the country or territory in which the person obtained gender recognition, following the recognition being obtained. (4) This section— (a) applies whether or not the person has been issued with a confirmatory 20 gender recognition certificate under section 8O, (b) does not apply to a person who has been issued with a full gender recognition certificate under this Act (including as it applies in England and Wales or Northern Ireland). 8O Issue of confirmatory gender recognition certificate by Registrar General 25 for Scotland (1) A person who has obtained overseas gender recognition may apply to the Registrar General for Scotland for a confirmatory gender recognition certificate. (2) A confirmatory gender recognition certificate is a certificate confirming that a person has obtained overseas gender recognition. 30 (3) An application under subsection (1) must include— (a) evidence of the overseas gender recognition obtained by the applicant, or (b) if the applicant is unable to provide such evidence, a statutory declaration by the applicant as to the matters set out in subsection (4). 35 (4) Those matters are— (a) that the applicant has obtained overseas gender recognition, (b) the reason that the applicant is unable to provide evidence of that recognition, (c) the gender acquired by the applicant as a result of that recognition, 40 (d) the country or territory in which the recognition was obtained, (e) the date...