Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Act 2005

7Amendment and repeal

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(1)In Schedule 1 to the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 46) (offences against children under 17 to which special provisions apply), after paragraph 2 there is inserted—

2AAny offence under the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Act 2005 where the person mutilated or, as the case may be, proposed to be mutilated, is a child under the age of 17 years..

(2)The Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act 1985 (c. 38) is repealed.