Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 (c. 31)

[F1 SCHEDULE 2 E+W+N.I. Female genital mutilation protection orders

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 inserted (17.7.2015) by Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9), ss. 73(2), 88(1) (with s. 86(14)(15)); S.I. 2015/1428, reg. 2(a)

PART 1 E+W+N.I. England and Wales

Power to make order in criminal proceedings E+W+N.I.

3 E+W+N.I. The court before which there are criminal proceedings in England and Wales for a genital mutilation offence may make an FGM protection order (without an application being made to it) if—

(a) the court considers that an FGM protection order should be made to protect a girl (whether or not the victim of the offence in relation to the criminal proceedings), and

(b) a person who would be a respondent to any proceedings for an FGM protection order is a defendant in the criminal proceedings.]