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The Female Genital Mutilation Protection Order (Relevant Third Party) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021

S.R. 2021/297 · Made 5 November 2021

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Family Law

Made 5th November 2021

Coming into operation 1st December 2021

The Department of Financef1, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 5A of, and paragraph 19(7) of Schedule 2 to the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003f2, makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

See section 1(4) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.)).

f2

2003 c. 31. Section 5A of, and schedule 2 to, the Female Genital Mutilation Act were inserted by Section 73(2) of the Serious Crime Act 2015 (c.9).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Specification of HSC trust as a relevant third party
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Female Genital Mutilation Protection Order (Relevant Third Party) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021.

(2)

This Order comes into operation on 1st December 2021.

2Interpretation

In this Order “HSC trust” means a Health and Social Care trust established under Article 10 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991f1.

3Specification of HSC trust as a relevant third party

A HSC trust is specified as a relevant third party for the purposes of paragraph 19(2)(b) of Schedule 2 to the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance on 5th November 2021

Barry Armstrong

A senior officer of the

Department of Finance

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order specifies a Health and Social Care trust as a relevant third party under paragraph 19(2)(b) of Schedule 2 to the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 (c.31).

A relevant third party can apply to the court for a Female Genital Mutilation protection order without the leave of the court.