Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Act 2005

[F1 5L Duration of orders S

(1) A female genital mutilation protection order has effect—

(a) where the order specifies a period for which it is to have effect, until the expiry of that period (unless the order is discharged under section 5M),

(b) where no such period is specified, until the order is discharged under section 5M.

(2) Where different periods are specified in the order relating to—

(a) different provisions of the order, or

(b) different persons,

the order has effect until the expiry of the latest of those periods.

(3) Where—

(a) one or more periods are specified in the order, and

(b) the order contains a provision in respect of which no time period for which it is to have effect is so specified,

the order has effect until it is discharged under section 5M (unless the order is varied under that section so as to remove the provision).

(4) References in this section and in sections 5M and 5N to an order which specifies a period for which it is to have effect include references to—

(a) an order varied under section 5M to specify such a period or to shorten a period previously specified, and

(b) an order extended under section 5N.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 5A-5R inserted (25.4.2020 but only for the insertion of s. 5R(4)(b)(ii) for the purposes of making regulations and otherwise prosp.) by Female Genital Mutilation (Protection and Guidance) (Scotland) Act 2020 (asp 9), ss. 1, 11(1)(a)