The Female Genital Mutilation Protection Order (Relevant Third Party) Regulations 2015

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[^f00001], makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

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.

Interpretation

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.

Specification of a relevant third party

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.

Signed

Caroline Dinenage — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State — Ministry of Justice — 25th June 2015

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of these Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2003 c. 31. Schedule 2 was inserted by section 73(2) of the Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9).