Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 (c. 31)

[F1 SCHEDULE 2 E+W+N.I. Female genital mutilation protection orders

Textual Amendments

F1 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)

PART 1 E+W+N.I. England and Wales

Remand: further provision E+W+N.I.

13 (1) If the court is satisfied that a person who has been remanded is unable by reason of illness or accident to appear before the court at the end of the period of remand, the court may further remand the person in his or her absence. E+W+N.I.

(2) The power in sub-paragraph (1) may, in the case of a person who was remanded on bail, be exercised by enlarging the person's recognizance and those of any sureties to a later time.

(3) Where a person remanded on bail is bound to appear before the court at any time and the court has no power to remand the person under sub-paragraph (1), the court may, in the person's absence, enlarge the person's recognizance and those of any sureties for the person to a later time.

(4) The enlargement of a person's recognizance is to be treated as a further remand.

(5) Paragraph 12(1) (limit of remand) does not apply to the exercise of the powers conferred by this paragraph.]