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title: "The Gender Recognition (Disclosure of Information) (England) Order 2026"
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# The Gender Recognition (Disclosure of Information) (England) Order 2026

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

2026 No. 173
GENDER RECOGNITION, ENGLAND
The Gender Recognition (Disclosure of Information) (England) Order 2026
Made
25th February 2026
Laid before Parliament
26th February 2026
Coming into force
20th March 2026
The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 22(5) and (7) and 24(1) of the Gender Recognition Act 2004.

## 1 Citation, commencement, expiry, extent and application {#regulation-1}

(1) This Order may be cited as the Gender Recognition (Disclosure of Information) (England) Order 2026 and shall come into force on 20th March 2026.
(2) This Order ceases to have effect at the end of 20th March 2029.
(3) This Order—
(a) extends to England and Wales, and
(b) applies in relation to England only.

## 2 Disclosure for the purposes of the data linkage study {#regulation-2}

(1) It is not an offence under section 22(1) of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 for an authorised person to disclose protected information to another authorised person where the disclosure is—
(a) made by and to an authorised person in England, and
(b) for the purposes of facilitating, assisting with or undertaking the data linkage study.
(2) In this article—
(a) an “authorised person” is a person employed by or authorised in writing to act on behalf of a body listed in the Schedule;
(b) “GIDS” means Gender Identity Development Service formerly operated by the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust;
(c) “data linkage study” means the observational study, originally commissioned for the purposes of the independent review into gender identity services for children and young people. The study links and analyses GIDS data, adult gender clinic data, and other nationally available healthcare data, in relation to any individual who was—
(i) referred to the GIDS, and
(ii) below the age of 18 at the time of their referral.

## 3 Revocation and savings {#regulation-3}

(1) The Gender Recognition (Disclosure of Information) (England) Order 2022 (“the 2022 Order”) is revoked.
(2) Despite the revocation in paragraph (1) the 2022 Order continues to have effect in relation to a person who disclosed information in accordance with that Order.

## Schedule Authorised persons {#schedule}

Article 2(2)
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital National Health Service Foundation Trust
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear National Health Service Foundation Trust
Devon Partnership National Health Service Trust
GTD Healthcare Limited
LGBT Foundation Ltd
NHS England
Leeds and York Partnership National Health Service Foundation Trust
Leeds Teaching Hospitals National Health Service Trust
Mersey Care National Health Service Foundation Trust
Northamptonshire Healthcare National Health Service Foundation Trust
Nottinghamshire Healthcare National Health Service Foundation Trust
Sheffield Health Partnership University National Health Service Foundation Trust
Tavistock and Portman National Health Service Foundation Trust
University College London Hospitals National Health Service Foundation Trust
The Department of Health and Social Care