{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/female-genital-mutilation-act-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/female-genital-mutilation-act-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-16.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/31",
  "legislation_title": "Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/female-genital-mutilation-act-2003",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Nothing in this Part of this Schedule affects any other protection or assistance available to a girl who is or may become the victim of a genital mutilation offence.\n(2) In particular, it does not affect—\n(a) the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court;\n(b) any criminal liability;\n(c) any civil remedies under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997;\n(d) any right to an occupation order or a non-molestation order under Part 4 of the Family Law Act 1996;\n(e) any right to a forced marriage protection order under Part 4A of that Act;\n(f) any protection or assistance under the Children Act 1989;\n(g) any claim in tort.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/31/schedule/2/paragraph/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:02.022803+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}