The Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act brings together a number of tribunals under a new unified tribunal system. With the creation of two new tribunals (the First -tier and the Upper Tribunal) the new structure aims to provide improvement in the service received by users. For the time being GRP is unaffected by the changes.
Further details and a copy of the separate new Rules for each tier is available on www.tribunals.gov.uk under 'Latest News'.
Information and legislation relating to transsexual people in the United Kingdom.
The Act established the Gender Recognition Panel and outlines the criteria for obtaining a Gender Recognition Certificate.
Gender Recognition Act 2004 ![]()
These notes help to detail and clarify the Act and should be read in conjunction with it.
Explanatory Notes to the Gender Recognition Act 2004 ![]()
The Act enables same-sex couples to obtain legal recognition of their relationship by forming a civil partnership.
Civil Partnership Act 2004 ![]()
Legal measures to prevent discrimination against transsexual people on the grounds of sex in pay and treatment in employment and vocational training. They apply in England, Wales and Scotland. Northern Ireland is covered by similar regulations.
Sex Discrimination (Gender Reassignment) Regulations 1999 ![]()
More information about sex discrimination regulations can be found in the Sex Discrimination Act 1975. ![]()
The Equality Act 2010 is intended to provide a new cross–cutting legislative framework to protect the rights of individuals and advance equality of opportunity for all. The main provisions of the Equality Act 2010, including gender reassignment protection, will commence in October.
Equality Act 2010![]()
The Gender Recognition Act 2004 has been influenced by the judgements of the Courts.
In a judgment delivered at Strasbourg on 11 July 2002 in the case of Christine Goodwin v. the United Kingdom
(application no. 28957/95), the European Court of Human Rights held unanimously that:
They found that the UK Government has a positive obligation under international law to secure the Convention rights and freedoms and must rectify these ongoing breaches.
On 10th April 2003, the House of Lords gave judgement in the case of Bellinger v. Bellinger
[2003] 2 All ER 593. Mrs Bellinger, a male-to-female transsexual person, was seeking legal recognition of her 1981 marriage to a man. Their Lordships were sympathetic to Mrs Bellinger´s plight but ruled that the marriage was void. They declared that section 11 (c) of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 was incompatible with the Human Rights Act 1998. The result of this that legislation was needed to enable transsexual people to marry in their new gender.