Statutory Instruments
2008 No. 715
Gender Recognition
The Gender Recognition (Application Fees) (Amendment) Order 2008
Made
7th March 2008
Laid before Parliament
12th March 2008
Coming into force
6th April 2008
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 7(2) and 24(1) of the Gender Recognition Act 2004( 1 ), makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Gender Recognition (Application Fees) (Amendment) Order 2008 and comes into force on 6th April 2008.
Amendments to the Gender Recognition (Application Fees) Order 2006
2.The Gender Recognition (Application Fees) Order 2006( 2 ) is amended as follows.
3. In article 2 (application fees), in the first column of the table (relevant income of applicant)—
(1) in the first entry, for “£24,019” substitute “£24,956”, and
(2) for the second entry substitute “Greater than £16,642 but not greater than £24,956”.
4. In article 3 (circumstances in which no fee is payable), in paragraph (a)(ii), for “£16,017” substitute “£16,642”.
5. In article 5 (definition of qualifying benefit), in paragraph (b), for “£16,017” substitute “£16,642”.
Transitional provision
6. This Order does not apply in relation to applications made before 6th April 2008.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State
Michael Wills
Minister of State
Ministry of Justice
7th March 2008
2004 c.7 ; section 7 was amended by the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c.33) , section 250.
S.I. 2006/758 as amended by S.I. 2007/839 .