25 Interpretation
Gender Recognition Act 2004 (2004 c 7) | Legislation

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[(1)]     In this Act—

“the acquired gender†is to be construed in accordance with section 1(2),

“approved country or territory†has the meaning given by section 2(4),

“the appointed day†means the day appointed by order under section 26,

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“enactment†includes an enactment contained in an Act of the Scottish Parliament or in any Northern Ireland legislation,

“full gender recognition certificate†and “interim gender recognition certificate†mean the certificates issued as such under section 4[, 5 or 5A] [4C, 4E, 4F, 5,] [or 5A] and “gender recognition certificate†means either of those sorts of certificate,

“gender dysphoria†means the disorder variously referred to as gender dysphoria, gender identity disorder and transsexualism,

“Gender Recognition Panel†(and “Panelâ€) is to be construed in accordance with Schedule 1,

[“protected civil partnership†[[means—

(a)     a civil partnership

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