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Brief Summary
A guidance note published by the government explaining the effect that obtaining a GRC will have on benefits and pensions.
Extract from Document
This note can help you if you are thinking about applying to the Gender Recognition Panel for a full Gender Recognition Certificate. It tells you how getting a full Gender Recognition Certificate would affect National Insurance contributions, your tax liability and benefits and pensions you or your spouse or civil partner may be receiving now, or in the future.
It may help you understand your situation better if you read this note alongside the information contained in the full Gender Recognition Application Pack.
It also explains how obtaining a full Gender Recognition Certificate may affect pensions that may be payable to your spouse or civil partner based on your earnings or National Insurance contributions and the actions required to ensure that the organisations which administer your pensions have the appropriate information.
This note is intended as a general guide only and not a full statement of the law. It does not cover every circumstance. It should not be relied upon as a substitute for obtaining information on entitlement as it applies to you. We have done our best to make sure the leaflet is correct as at December 2014. Some of the information may be simplified or may become inaccurate over time, for example because of changes to the law.
Before you apply for a Gender Recognition Certificate you are advised to seek further information on the financial implications of doing so in your specific circumstances. Further information on benefits is available at www.gov.uk.
If you are resident in Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands then the authorities there may have other requirements to those stated in this document. You should contact them directly to check what you need to do.
There are further details on page 9 if you are an Isle of Man resident.
