{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/female-genital-mutilation-protection-order-relevant-third-party-regulations-2015/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/female-genital-mutilation-protection-order-relevant-third-party-regulations-2015/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1422",
  "legislation_title": "The Female Genital Mutilation Protection Order (Relevant Third Party) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/female-genital-mutilation-protection-order-relevant-third-party-regulations-2015",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of these Regulations)\nThese 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.\nA full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1422/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:34:36.831162+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."
}