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CurrentGender of person, ascertaining
Part 2Ancillary provisions about exercising powers
22 Gender of person, ascertaining
If it is necessary to ascertain the gender of a person before exercising a power in this Act on the person and the gender of the person is uncertain to the officer authorised to exercise the power —
(a)
the officer must ask the person to indicate whether a male or a female should exercise the power on the person and must act in accordance with the answer; and
(b)
in the absence of an answer, the person must be treated as if of the gender that the person outwardly appears to the officer to be.
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