The Family Law Act 1996 (Forced Marriage)(Relevant Third Party) Order 2009

Made: 21st July 2009

Laid before Parliament: 22nd July 2009

Coming into force: 1st November 2009

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 63C(2) and (7) and 65(1) to (3) of the Family Law Act 1996[^f00001], makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Family Law Act 1996 (Forced Marriage) (Relevant Third Party) Order 2009 and shall come into force on 1st November 2009.

Interpretation

2

In this Order “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.

Specification of a relevant third party

3

A local authority is specified as a relevant third party for the purposes of applying for a forced marriage protection order under section 63C(2) of the Family Law Act 1996.

Signed

Bridget Prentice — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Ministry of Justice — 21st July 2009

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order specifies a local authority as a relevant third party for the purposes of applying for a forced marriage protection order under section 63C of the Family Law Act 1996 (c. 27). A relevant third party can apply to the court for a forced marriage protection order without the leave of the court.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1996 c. 27. Section 63C was inserted by the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007 (c.20).