[F124(1)For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, “the court” means the High Court, or a county court, in Northern Ireland.E+W+N.I.
(2)Sub-paragraph (1) is subject to—
(a)sub-paragraph (3), and
(b)any provision made by virtue of sub-paragraph (4) or (5).
(3)Where the power to make an FGM protection order is exercisable by a court in criminal proceedings under paragraph 20, references in this Part of this Schedule to “the court” (other than in paragraph 19) are to be read as references to that court.
(4)Article 34(3) to (10) of the Family Homes and Domestic Violence (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1071 (N.I. 6)) (allocation of proceedings to courts etc) applies for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule as it applies for the purposes of that Order but as if the following modification were made.
(5)The modification is that Article 34(8) is to be read as if there were substituted for it—
“(8)For the purposes of paragraphs (3), (4) and (5), there are two levels of court—
(a)the High Court; and
(b)a county court.”]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 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)