The Female Genital Mutilation Protection Order (Relevant Third Party) Regulations 2015

• Citation: S.I. 2015/1422
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Female Genital Mutilation Protection Order (Relevant Third Party) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 17th July 2015.

Section 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations “local authority” means—

(a) a county council in England;

(b) a metropolitan district council;

(c) a non-metropolitan district council for an area for which there is no county council;

(d) the council of a county or county borough in Wales;

(e) a London borough council;

(f) the Common Council of the City of London;

(g) the Council of the Isles of Scilly.

Section 3 Specification of a relevant third party

A local authority is specified as a relevant third party for the purposes of paragraph 2(2)(b) of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003.