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Royal Court (Amendment No. 9) Rules 2010

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Royal Court (Amendment No. 9) Rules 2010

Arrangement

Rule

1             Interpretation. 3

2             Rule 17/3 amended. 3

3             Schedule 5A inserted. 3

4             Citation and commencement 4

 

 

Royal Court (Amendment No. 9) Rules 2010

Made                                                                    18th February 2010

Coming into force                                        in accordance with Rule 4

THE SUPERIOR NUMBER OF THE ROYAL COURT, in pursuance of Article 13 of the Royal Court (Jersey) Law 1948[1] and Article 19(2) of the Gender Recognition (Jersey) Law 2010[2], has made the following Rules –

1        Interpretation

In these Rules “principal Rules” means the Royal Court Rules 2004[3].

2        Rule 17/3 amended

In Rule 17/3 of the principal Rules –

(a)     in paragraph (1), for sub-paragraph (e) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph –

“(e)    the hearing and determination of an application for –

(i)      the registration of a deed poll;

(ii)      a gender recognition certificate under Article 2, 3 or 5, or a corrected certificate under Article 6, of the Gender Recognition (Jersey) Law 2010[4];”.

(b)     after paragraph (3) there shall be inserted the following paragraph –

“(4)    The content and form of a full certificate and an interim certificate for the purposes of the Gender Recognition (Jersey) Law 2010 are specified in Schedule 5A.”.

3        Schedule 5A inserted

After Schedule 5 to the principal Rules there shall be inserted Schedule 5A set out in the Schedule to these Rules.

4        Citation and commencement

These Rules may be cited as the Royal Court (Amendment No. 9) Rules 2010 and shall come into force on the same day as the Gender Recognition (Jersey) Law 2010 comes into force.

J.G.P. WHEELER

Master of the Royal Court

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE

(Rule 3)

“SCHEDULE 5A

(Rule 17/3(4))

CONTENT AND FORM OF GENDER RECOGNITION CERTIFICATES

 

Form of full gender recognition certificate issued under Article 3(2)(a), 4 or 5 of the Gender Recognition (Jersey) Law 2010

 

IN THE ROYAL COURT OF JERSEY

 

 

Identifier ……………………………..

 

GENDER RECOGNITION CERTIFICATE

 

 

NAME

 

 

DATE OF BIRTH

 

 

GENDER

 

 

DATE OF ISSUE

 

 

 

The above named person is, from the date of issue, of the gender shown.

 

 

Judicial Greffier

 

WARNING: A CERTIFICATE IS NOT EVIDENCE OF IDENTITY

This Certificate is issued in pursuance of the Gender Recognition (Jersey) 2010 (‘the Law’).  By Article 8 of the Law, the person to whom this Certificate has been issued becomes for all purposes the gender shown.

 

Valid only if sealed with the seal of the Royal Court of the Island of Jersey.

 

 

 

Form of interim gender recognition certificate issued under Article 3(2)(b) of the Gender Recognition (Jersey) Law 2010

 

 

IN THE ROYAL COURT OF JERSEY

 

Identifier ……………………………..

 

 

INTERIM GENDER RECOGNITION CERTIFICATE

 

1.   Name at Birth

 

 

2.   Currently known as

 

 

3.   Date of Birth

 

 

4.   Date of Issue

 

 

5.   Name to appear on full Gender

      Recognition Certificate

 

 

6.  Gender to appear on full Gender

      Recognition Certificate

 

 

 

The person to whom this certificate has been issued has not legally become of the gender shown above.  However, the above named person has met the criteria for legal recognition in the acquired gender in Article 2 of the Gender Recognition (Jersey) Law 2010.

 

 

Judicial Greffier

 

 

WARNING: A CERTIFICATE IS NOT EVIDENCE OF IDENTITY

This Certificate is issued in pursuance of the Gender Recognition (Jersey) 2010 (‘the Law’).  This interim Gender Recognition Certificate can be converted into a full Gender Recognition Certificate on the terms provided in Article 4 or 5 of the Law.  By Article 8 of the Law the person to whom a full Gender Recognition Certificate has been issued becomes for all purposes the gender shown above. 

 

Valid only if sealed with the seal of the Royal Court of the Island of Jersey.”.

 

 

 


[1]                                    chapter 07.770

[2]                                    L.1/2010

[3]                                    chapter 07.770.72

[4]                                    L.1/2010


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