Western Australian Numbered Acts

GENDER REASSIGNMENT ACT 2000 (NO. 2 OF 2000) - SECT 14

14 .         Applications for recognition certificates

        (1)         Where a person has undergone a reassignment procedure (before or after the commencement of this Act and within the State or elsewhere), application may be made to the Board in accordance with this section for the issue of a recognition certificate.

        (2)         An application may be made under this section —

            (a)         by the person to whom the application relates; or

            (b)         if that person is a child, by that child's guardian.

        (3)         An application must be made in the prescribed form and accompanied by the prescribed fee.

        (4)         A copy of the application must be served on —

            (a)         the Minister; and

            (b)         any other person who should, in the Board's opinion, be served with notice of the application.

        (5)         A person referred to in subsection (4) is entitled to appear at the hearing of the application and to make submissions to the Board.

        (6)         In proceedings on an application, the Board is not bound by the rules of evidence, but may inform itself on any matter in such manner as the Board thinks appropriate.

        (7)         Proceedings under this section must be conducted in private.

        (8)         The Board must determine every application by giving a written decision containing the reasons for that decision.

        (9)         A decision of the Board not to issue a recognition certificate in a proceeding does not preclude a further application to the Board by the applicant based on additional or changed circumstances.