68. Amendment of National Registration Act 1965

The National Registration Act 1965 is amended —

by deleting the word “gender” in sections 4(2)(a) and 6A(2)(b) and substituting in each case the word “sex”; and

by deleting subsection (3) of section 6A and substituting the following subsection:“(3) In subsection (1)(b), “permitted character” has the meaning given by section 19(3) of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act 2021.”.