The conflict between the Acts in question was the result of *** poor knee jerk emotional reaction drafting. Such is law though.
Law is black and white. Discretion is granted sometimes for legal interpretation.
The whole mess needed clearing up but there are no votes to be winning doing so, only Read more… votes lost.
So the legal system was asked to make a decision.
It's a matter of drawing a line for the time being. Until one gender can have all their genes replaced to become the other gender, or something in-between if they wise, then we need a distincton. Men are stronger, faster, bigger than women. A man cannot become a woman currently.
The insistence that trans women are women is wrong.
The other way round doesn't matter as much in respect to safety. Interestingly I have seen trans men as vociferous a group regarding this issue.
A woman will (almost) always be at physical disadvantage to a man who has transition to a trans woman.
Women's spaces, sports, & distinct roles become battlegrounds - which isn't right.
I welcome the ruling.
Trans women are not yet women. They hover somewhere in between. As above the technology isn't there yet. Until then the distinction must remain.