s 4B Application under section 4A: death of spouse or civil partner
(1) In a case where an application is made under section 4A(2) ... and the applicant's spouse or civil partner dies before the application is determined— (a) the application is to be treated as an application, made under section 5(2) in a case where a spouse has died or under section 5A(2) in a case where a civil partner has died , for a full gender recognition certificate to be issued; and (b) that application is to be treated as having been made at the time when the application under section 4A was made. (2) The Gender Recognition Panel determining the application must specify the period within which the applicant is to produce the required evidence in support of the new application. (3) In this section— “ new application ” means the application under section 5(2) or (as the case may be) section 5A(2) which the person is, by virtue of subsection (1), treated as having made; “ required evidence ” means the evidence required by section 5(4) or (as the case may be) section 5A(4) .