73 Female genital mutilation protection orders
Serious Crime Act 2015 (2015 c 9) | Legislation

73  Female genital mutilation protection orders

(1)     After section 5 of the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 insert—

“5A Female genital mutilation protection orders

(1)     Schedule 2 provides for the making of female genital mutilation protection orders.

(2)     In that Schedule—

(a)     Part 1 makes provision about powers of courts in England and Wales to make female genital mutilation protection orders;

(b)     Part 2 makes provision about powers of courts in Northern Ireland to make such orders.”

(2)     After Schedule 1 to that Act (inserted by section 71(2) above) insert—

“SCHEDULE 2
Female Genital Mutilation Protection Orders

Part 1
England and Wales

Power to make FGM protection order

1

(1)     The court in England and Wales may make an order (an “FGM protection order”) for the purposes of—

(a)     protecting a girl against the commission of a genital mutilation offence, or

(b)     protecting a girl against whom any such offence has been committed.

(2)     In deciding whether to exercise its powers under this paragraph and, if so, in what manner, the court must have regard to all the circumstances, including the need to secure the health, safety and well-being of the girl to be protected.

(3)     An FGM protection order

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