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Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Act 2005, Section 5P is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 01 September 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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(1)The court must notify the persons mentioned in subsection (2) of the following—
(a)the making of an application under section 5C(2) for a female genital mutilation protection order,
(b)the making of a female genital mutilation protection order under section 5C(1), 5E(1) or 5J(2),
(c)the making of an interim female genital mutilation protection order under section 5F(1),
(d)the making of an application under section 5M(1) to vary or discharge a female genital mutilation protection order,
(e)the court's decision under subsection (1) or (5) of section 5M (including a decision to vary the order on an interim basis),
(f)the making of an application under section 5N(2) to extend a female genital mutilation protection order,
(g)the court's decision under subsection (2) or (7) of section 5N (including a decision to extend the order on an interim basis).
(2)The persons are—
(a)the chief constable, and
(b)where the application or order relates to a purpose mentioned in section 5A(2)(a)(i) or (b), the relevant local authority within the meaning of section 5C(6)(a)(i) or (b)(i),
unless the chief constable or, as the case may be, the local authority is already a party to proceedings in respect of the application or, as the case may be, order.
(3)This section does not affect any rules of court otherwise requiring notification of applications, the making of orders or other decisions such as are mentioned in subsection (1).]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 5A-5R inserted (25.4.2020 but only for the insertion of s. 5R(4)(b)(ii) for the purposes of making regulations and otherwise prosp.) by Female Genital Mutilation (Protection and Guidance) (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 9), ss. 1, 11(1)(a)
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