GENDER REASSIGNMENT ACT

354. Hon ALISON XAMON to the Leader of the House representing the Attorney General:

I refer to section 15(3) of the Western Australian Gender Reassignment Act 2000 that states that a recognition certificate cannot be issued to a person who is married. Given that equal marriage is now legal, when does the minister intend to introduce legislation to enable married people to change their sex on their birth certificate?

Hon SUE ELLERY replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.

The Attorney General intends to introduce legislation to delete section 15(3) of the Western Australian Gender Reassignment Act 2000 early in the second half of 2018.