There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003, Cross Heading: Variation and discharge of orders.
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)
6(1)The court may vary or discharge an FGM protection order on an application by—E+W+N.I.
(a)any party to the proceedings for the order,
(b)the girl being protected by the order (if not a party to the proceedings for the order), or
(c)any person affected by the order.
(2)In the case of an order made in criminal proceedings under paragraph 3, the reference in sub-paragraph (1)(a) to a party to the proceedings for the order is to be read as a reference to the prosecution and the defendant.
(3)In addition, the court may vary or discharge an FGM protection order made by virtue of paragraph 2(1)(b) or 3 even though no application under sub-paragraph (1) above has been made to the court.
(4)Paragraph 5 applies to a variation of an FGM protection order as it applies to the making of such an order (and references in that paragraph to the making of an FGM protection order are to be read accordingly).]
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