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Statutory Instruments
Family Law, England And Wales
Made
25th June 2015
Laid before Parliament
26th June 2015
Coming into force
17th July 2015
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the power conferred by paragraph 2(7) of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003(1), makes the following Regulations:
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Female Genital Mutilation Protection Order (Relevant Third Party) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 17th July 2015.
2. In these Regulations "local authority" means-
(a)a county council in England;
(b)a metropolitan district council;
(c)a non-metropolitan district council for an area for which there is no county council;
(d)the council of a county or county borough in Wales;
(e)a London borough council;
(f)the Common Council of the City of London;
(g)the Council of the Isles of Scilly.
3. A local authority is specified as a relevant third party for the purposes of paragraph 2(2)(b) of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003.
Caroline Dinenage
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
25th June 2015
(This note is not part of these Regulations)
These Regulations specify a local authority, as defined in these Regulations, as a relevant third party for the purposes of applying for an FGM protection order under paragraph 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 (c. 31). A relevant third party can apply to the court for an FGM protection order without the leave of the court.
A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.
2003 c. 31. Schedule 2 was inserted by section 73(2) of the Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9).
