This consultation was published in 2005, it invited comments on the draft order and the exceptions which it proposed to the disclosure offence in section 22 of the Gender Recognition Act 2004. The summarised responses report outlines the conclusions reached on the options.
The consultation period closed on 4 February 2005.
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Section 22 of the Gender Recognition Act makes it an offence to disclose "protected information" when that information is acquired in an official capacity. It defines "protected information" as information about a person's application to the gender recognition panel for gender recognition and a person's gender history after that person has changed gender under the Act. However, the Act also contains a series of exceptions that allow "protected information" to be disclosed for valid public policy reasons. This consultation exercise is to seek comments on additional exceptions to the disclosure offence.
This consultation closed on 4 February 2005
This document is the post-consultation report for the consultation exercise on the draft Statutory Instrument which was entitled the Gender Recognition (Exceptions to the Offence of Disclosure) Order 2004. The Order which was made following the consultation exercise is called the Gender Recognition (Disclosure of Information) (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/916). This Order revoked and replaced S.I. 2005/635, correcting two minor errors in that instrument.
The report covers the background to the consultation exercise; a summary of the responses to the consultation; and a detailed overview of the outcomes of the consultation and the final provisions of the Order as made.
Summary of responses 
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Further copies of the consultation paper can be obtained by contacting the address below:
Department for Constitutional Affairs
Human Rights Division
6th Floor
Selborne House
54-60 Victoria Street
London
SW1E 6QW
Tel: 020 7210 1421
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