8 (1) A service provider does not commit an offence under paragraph 2 by
storing information provided by a recipient of the service if—

(a) the service provider had no actual knowledge when the
information was provided that it was, or contained, a
5prohibited publication, or

(b) on obtaining actual knowledge that the information was, or
contained, a prohibited publication, the service provider
promptly removed the information or disabled access to it.

(2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply if the recipient of the service is
10acting under the authority or control of the service provider.

Interpretation

9 (1) In this Schedule—

• “domestic service provider” means a service provider
  established in England and Wales or Northern Ireland;

• 15“the E-Commerce Directive” means Directive 2000/31/EC of
  the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on
  certain legal aspects of information society services, in
  particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market
  (Directive on electronic commerce);

• 20“female genital mutilation offence” means—

  (a)

  an offence under section 1, 2, 3 or 3A;

  (b)

  an offence of attempt or conspiracy to commit any
  such offence;

  (c)

  an offence under Part 2 of the Serious Crime Act 2007
  25(encouraging or assisting crime) in relation to any
  such offence;

• “information society services”—

  (a)

  has the meaning given in Article 2(a) of the E-
  Commerce Directive (which refers to Article 1(2) of
  30Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and
  of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a
  procedure for the provision of information in the field
  of technical standards and regulations), and

  (b)

  is summarised in recital 17 of the E-Commerce
  35Directive as covering “any service normally provided
  for remuneration, at a distance, by means of electronic
  equipment for the processing (including digital
  compression) and storage of data, and at the
  individual request of a recipient of a service”;

• 40“non-UK service provider” means a service provider
  established in an EEA state other than the United Kingdom;

• “programme service” has the same meaning as in the
  Broadcasting Act 1990 (see section 201(1) of that Act);

• “prohibited material” means any material the publication of
  45which contravenes paragraph 1(2);

• “publication” includes any speech, writing, relevant
  programme or other communication (in whatever form)
  which is addressed to, or is accessible by, the public at large
  or any section of the public;

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• “recipient”, in relation to a service, means a person who, for
  professional ends or otherwise, uses an information society
  service, in particular for the purposes of seeking information
  or making it accessible;

• 5“relevant programme” means a programme included in a
  programme service;

• “service provider” means a person providing an information
  society service.

(2) For the purposes of the definition of “publication” in sub-paragraph
10(1)—

(a) an indictment or other document prepared for use in
particular legal proceedings is not to be taken as coming
within the definition;

(b) every relevant programme is to be taken as addressed to the
15public at large or to a section of the public.

(3) For the purposes of the definitions of “domestic service provider”
and “non-UK service provider” in sub-paragraph (1)—

(a) a service provider is established in a particular part of the
United Kingdom, or in a particular EEA state, if the service
20provider—

(i) effectively pursues an economic activity using a fixed
establishment in that part of the United Kingdom, or
that EEA state, for an indefinite period, and

(ii) is a national of an EEA state or a company or firm
25mentioned in Article 54 of the Treaty on the
Functioning of the European Union;

(b) the presence or use in a particular place of equipment or
other technical means of providing an information society
service does not, of itself, constitute the establishment of a
30service provider;

(c) where it cannot be determined from which of a number of
establishments a given information society service is
provided, that service is to be regarded as provided from the
establishment at the centre of the service provider’s activities
35relating to that service.”

71 Offence of failing to protect girl from risk of genital mutilation

(1) The Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 is amended as follows.

(2) After section 3 insert—

“3A Offence of failing to protect girl from risk of genital mutilation

(1) 40If a genital mutilation offence is committed against a girl under the age
of 16, each person who is responsible for the girl at the relevant time is
guilty of an offence.

This is subject to subsection (5).

(2) For the purposes of this section a person is “responsible” for a girl in the
45following two cases.

(3) The first case is where the person—

(a) has parental responsibility for the girl, and

(b) has frequent contact with her.

(4) The second case is where the person—

(a) is aged 18 or over, and

(b) 5has assumed (and not relinquished) responsibility for caring for
the girl in the manner of a parent.

(5) It is a defence for the defendant to show that—

(a) at the relevant time, the defendant did not think that there was
a significant risk of a genital mutilation offence being
10committed against the girl, and could not reasonably have been
expected to be aware that there was any such risk, or

(b) the defendant took such steps as he or she could reasonably
have been expected to take to protect the girl from being the
victim of a genital mutilation offence.

(6) 15A person is taken to have shown the fact mentioned in subsection (5)(a)
or (b) if—

(a) sufficient evidence of the fact is adduced to raise an issue with
respect to it, and

(b) the contrary is not proved beyond reasonable doubt.

(7) 20For the purposes of subsection (3)(b), where a person has frequent
contact with a girl which is interrupted by her going to stay somewhere
temporarily, that contact is treated as continuing during her stay there.

(8) In this section—

• “genital mutilation offence” means an offence under section 1, 2 or
  253 (and for the purposes of subsection (1) the prosecution does
  not have to prove which section it is);

• “parental responsibility”—

  (a)

  in England Wales, has the same meaning as in the
  Children Act 1989;

  (b)

  30in Northern Ireland, has the same meaning as in the
  Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/755S.I. 1995/755
  (N.I. 2));

• “the relevant time” means the time when the mutilation takes
  place.”

(3) 35In section 4 (extension of sections 1 to 3 to extra-territorial acts)—

(a) in the heading, for “3” substitute “3A” and after “acts” insert “or
omissions”;

(b) after subsection (1) insert—

“(1A) An offence under section 3A can be committed wholly or partly
40outside the United Kingdom by a person who is a United
Kingdom national or a United Kingdom resident.”

(4) In section 5 (penalties for offences)—

(a) for “A person guilty of an offence under this Act” substitute—

“(1) A person guilty of an offence under section 1, 2 or 3”;

(b) 45at the end insert—

“(2) A person guilty of an offence under section 3A is liable—

(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding seven years or a fine (or both),

(b) on summary conviction in England and Wales, to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a
5fine (or both),

(c) on summary conviction in Northern Ireland, to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a
fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both).”

72 Female genital mutilation protection orders

(1) 10After section 5 of the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 insert—

“5A Female genital mutilation protection orders

(1) Schedule 2 provides for the making of female genital mutilation
protection orders.

(2) In that Schedule—

(a) 15Part 1 makes provision about powers of courts in England and
Wales to make female genital mutilation protection orders;

(b) Part 2 makes provision about powers of courts in Northern
Ireland to make such orders.”

(2) After Schedule 1 to that Act (inserted by section 70(2)) insert—

“Schedule 2 20Female genital mutilation protection orders

Part 1 England and Wales

Power to make FGM protection order

1 (1) The court in England and Wales may make an order (an “FGM
25protection order”) for the purposes of—

(a) protecting a girl against the commission of a genital
mutilation offence, or

(b) protecting a girl against whom any such offence has been
committed.

(2) 30In deciding whether to exercise its powers under this paragraph and,
if so, in what manner, the court must have regard to all the
circumstances, including the need to secure the health, safety and
well-being of the girl to be protected.

(3) An FGM protection order may contain—

(a) 35such prohibitions, restrictions or requirements, and

(b) such other terms,

as the court considers appropriate for the purposes of the order.

(4) The terms of an FGM protection order may, in particular, relate to—

(a) conduct outside England and Wales as well as (or instead of)
40conduct within England and Wales;

(b) respondents who are, or may become, involved in other
respects as well as (or instead of) respondents who commit or
attempt to commit, or may commit or attempt to commit, a
genital mutilation offence against a girl;

(c) 5other persons who are, or may become, involved in other
respects as well as respondents of any kind.

(5) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (4) examples of involvement in
other respects are—

(a) aiding, abetting, counselling, procuring, encouraging or
10assisting another person to commit, or attempt to commit, a
genital mutilation offence against a girl;

(b) conspiring to commit, or to attempt to commit, such an
offence.

(6) An FGM protection order may be made for a specified period or until
15varied or discharged (see paragraph 6).

Applications and other occasions for making orders

2 (1) The court may make an FGM protection order—

(a) on an application being made to it, or

(b) without an application being made to it but in the
20circumstances mentioned in sub-paragraph (6).

(2) An application may be made by—

(a) the girl who is to be protected by the order, or

(b) a relevant third party.

(3) An application may be made by any other person with the leave of
25the court.

(4) In deciding whether to grant leave, the court must have regard to all
the circumstances including—

(a) the applicant’s connection with the girl to be protected;

(b) the applicant’s knowledge of the circumstances of the girl.

(5) 30An application under this paragraph may be made in other family
proceedings or without any other family proceedings being
instituted.

(6) The circumstances in which the court may make an order without an
application being made are where—

(a) 35any other family proceedings are before the court (“the
current proceedings”),

(b) the court considers that an FGM protection order should be
made to protect a girl (whether or not a party to the
proceedings), and

(c) 40a person who would be a respondent to any proceedings for
an FGM protection order is a party to the current
proceedings.

(7) In this paragraph—

• “family proceedings” has the same meaning as in Part 4 of the
  45Family Law Act 1996 (see section 63(1) and (2) of that Act),
  but also includes—

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  (a)

  proceedings under the inherent jurisdiction of the
  High Court in relation to adults,

  (b)

  proceedings in which the court has made an
  emergency protection order under section 44 of the
  5Children Act 1989 which includes an exclusion
  requirement (as defined in section 44A(3) of that Act),
  and

  (c)

  proceedings in which the court has made an order
  under section 50 of the Children Act 1989 (recovery of
  10abducted children etc);

• “relevant third party” means a person specified, or falling
  within a description of persons specified, by regulations
  made by the Lord Chancellor (and such regulations may, in
  particular, specify the Secretary of State).

(8) 15Regulations under sub-paragraph (7) are to be made by statutory
instrument, and any such instrument is subject to annulment in
pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

Power to make order in criminal proceedings

3 The court before which there are criminal proceedings in England
20and Wales for a genital mutilation offence may make an FGM
protection order (without an application being made to it) if—

(a) the court considers that an FGM protection order should be
made to protect a girl (whether or not the victim of the
offence in relation to the criminal proceedings), and

(b) 25a person who would be a respondent to any proceedings for
an FGM protection order is a defendant in the criminal
proceedings.

Offence of breaching order

4 (1) A person who without reasonable excuse does anything that the
30person is prohibited from doing by an FGM protection order is guilty
of an offence.

(2) In the case of an FGM protection order made by virtue of paragraph
5(1), a person can be guilty of an offence under this paragraph only
in respect of conduct engaged in at a time when the person was
35aware of the existence of the order.

(3) Where a person is convicted of an offence under this paragraph in
respect of any conduct, the conduct is not punishable as a contempt
of court.

(4) A person cannot be convicted of an offence under this paragraph in
40respect of any conduct which has been punished as a contempt of
court.

(5) A person guilty of an offence under this paragraph is liable—

(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding five years, or a fine, or both;

(b) 45on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding 12 months, or a fine, or both.

(6) A reference in any enactment to proceedings under this Part of this
Schedule, or to an order under this Part of this Schedule, does not
include a reference to proceedings for an offence under this
paragraph or to an order made in proceedings for such an offence.

(7) 5“Enactment” includes an enactment contained in subordinate
legislation within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978.

Ex parte orders

5 (1) The court may, in any case where it is just and convenient to do so,
make an FGM protection order even though the respondent has not
10been given such notice of the proceedings as would otherwise be
required by rules of court.

(2) In deciding whether to exercise its powers under sub-paragraph (1),
the court must have regard to all the circumstances including—

(a) the risk to the girl, or to another person, of becoming a victim
15of a genital mutilation offence if the order is not made
immediately,

(b) whether it is likely that an applicant will be deterred or
prevented from pursuing an application if an order is not
made immediately, and

(c) 20whether there is reason to believe that—

(i) the respondent is aware of the proceedings but is
deliberately evading service, and

(ii) the delay involved in effecting substituted service
will cause serious prejudice to the girl to be protected
25or (if different) an applicant.

(3) The court must give the respondent an opportunity to make
representations about an order made by virtue of sub-paragraph (1).

(4) The opportunity must be—

(a) as soon as just and convenient, and

(b) 30at a hearing of which notice has been given to all the parties
in accordance with rules of court.

Variation and discharge of orders

6 (1) The court may vary or discharge an FGM protection order on an
application by—

(a) 35any 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
40paragraph 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
5paragraph to the making of an FGM protection order are to be read
accordingly).

Arrest under warrant

7 (1) An interested party may apply to the relevant judge for the issue of
a warrant for the arrest of a person if the interested party considers
10that the person has failed to comply with an FGM protection order
or is otherwise in contempt of court in relation to such an order.

(2) The relevant judge must not issue a warrant on an application under
sub-paragraph (1) unless—

(a) the application is substantiated on oath, and

(b) 15the relevant judge has reasonable grounds for believing that
the person to be arrested has failed to comply with the order
or is otherwise in contempt of court in relation to the order.

(3) In this paragraph “interested party”, in relation to an FGM protection
order, means—

(a) 20the girl being protected by the order,

(b) (if a different person) the person who applied for the order, or

(c) any other person;

but no application may be made under sub-paragraph (1) by a
person falling within paragraph (c) without leave of the relevant
25judge.

Remand: general

8 (1) The court before which an arrested person is brought by virtue of a
warrant under paragraph 7 may, if the matter is not then disposed of
immediately, remand the person concerned.

(2) 30Paragraphs 9 to 14 contain further provision about the powers of a
court to remand under this paragraph.

(3) Sub-paragraph (4) applies if a person remanded under this
paragraph is granted bail under paragraphs 10 to 14.

(4) The person may be required by the relevant judge to comply, before
35release on bail or later, with such requirements as appear to the judge
to be necessary to secure that the person does not interfere with
witnesses or otherwise obstruct the course of justice.

Remand: medical examination and report

9 (1) Any power to remand a person under paragraph 8(1) may be
40exercised for the purpose of enabling a medical examination and
report to be made if the relevant judge has reason to consider that a
medical report will be required.

(2) If such a power is so exercised, the adjournment must not be for more
than four weeks at a time unless the relevant judge remands the
accused in custody.

(3) If the relevant judge remands the accused in custody, the
5adjournment must not be for more than three weeks at a time.

(4) Sub-paragraph (5) applies if there is reason to suspect that a person
who has been arrested under a warrant issued on an application
under paragraph 7(1) is suffering from mental disorder within the
meaning of the Mental Health Act 1983.

(5) 10The relevant judge has the same power to make an order under
section 35 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (remand for report on
accused’s mental condition) as the Crown Court has under section 35
of that Act in the case of an accused person within the meaning of
that section.

15Remand: further provision

10 (1) Where a court has power to remand a person under paragraph 8, the
court may remand the person in custody or on bail.

(2) If remanded in custody, the person is to be committed to custody to
be brought before the court—

(a) 20at the end of the period of remand, or

(b) at such earlier time as the court may require.

(3) The court may remand a person on bail—

(a) by taking from the person a recognizance (with or without
sureties) conditioned as provided in paragraph 11, or

(b) 25by fixing the amount of the recognizances with a view to their
being taken subsequently in accordance with paragraph 14
and, in the meantime, committing the person to custody as
mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) above.

(4) Where a person is brought before the court after remand the court
30may further remand the person.

(5) In this paragraph and in paragraphs 11 to 14, references to “the
court” includes a reference to a judge of the court or, in the case of
proceedings in a magistrates’ court, a justice of the peace.

11 (1) Where a person is remanded on bail, the court may direct that the
35person’s recognizance be conditioned for his or her appearance—

(a) before the court at the end of the period of remand, or

(b) at every time and place to which during the course of the
proceedings the hearing may from time to time be adjourned.

(2) Where a recognizance is conditioned for a person’s appearance as
40mentioned in sub-paragraph (1), the fixing of any time for the person
next to appear is to be treated as a remand.

(3) Nothing in this paragraph deprives the court of power at any
subsequent hearing to remand a person afresh.

12 (1) The court may not remand a person for a period exceeding 8 clear
45days unless—

(a) the court adjourns a case under paragraph 9(1), or

(b) the person is remanded on bail and both that person and the
other party to the proceedings (or, in the case of criminal
proceedings, the prosecution) consent.

(2) 5If sub-paragraph (1)(a) applies, the person may be remanded for the
period of the adjournment.

(3) Where the court has power to remand a person in custody, the
person may be committed to the custody of a constable if the remand
is for a period not exceeding 3 clear days.

13 (1) 10If 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.

(2) The power in sub-paragraph (1) may, in the case of a person who was
15remanded 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,
20enlarge 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
25the powers conferred by this paragraph.

14 (1) This paragraph applies where under paragraph 10(3)(b) the court
fixes the amount in which the principal and the sureties (if any) are
to be bound.

(2) The recognizance may afterwards be taken by a person prescribed by
30rules of court (with the same consequences as if it had been entered
into before the court).

Contempt proceedings

15 The powers of the court in relation to contempt of court arising out
of a person’s failure to comply with an FGM protection order, or
35otherwise in connection with such an order, may be exercised by the
relevant judge.

Other protection or assistance against female genital mutilation

16 (1) Nothing in this Part of this Schedule affects any other protection or
assistance available to a girl who is or may become the victim of a
40genital mutilation offence.

(2) In particular, it does not affect—

(a) the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court;

(b) any criminal liability;