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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forced-marriage-civil-protection-act-2007/schedule-1/paragraph-16",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/20",
  "legislation_title": "Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forced-marriage-civil-protection-act-2007",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“the court” is to be read with paragraph 8(1);\n“force” (and related expressions), in relation to a marriage, are to be read in accordance with paragraph 1(4) to (6);\n“forced marriage protection order” has the meaning given by paragraph 1(6);\n“marriage” means any religious or civil ceremony of marriage (whether or not legally binding); and\n“the relevant judge”, in relation to any order under this Schedule, means—\n(a)where the order was made by the High Court, a judge of that court; and\n(b)where the order was made by a county court, a judge or district judge of that or any other county court.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 16 in force at 25.11.2008 by S.R. 2008/446, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/20/schedule/1/paragraph/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:37.259014+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."
}