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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations are the second commencement regulations made under the Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9) (“the 2015 Act”).

Regulation 2 brings into force on 17th July 2015 section 73 of the 2015 Act, which inserts new section 5A of and Schedule 2 to the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 (c. 31) to make provision for female genital mutilation protection orders in England and Wales and in Northern Ireland. Regulation 2 also brings into force on the same day consequential amendments in Schedule 4 to the 2015 Act that relate to these provisions.