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Latest news on the Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Act 2019

Following agreement by both Houses on the text of the Bill it received Royal Assent on 15 March. The Bill is now an Act of Parliament (law).

Summary of the Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Act 2019

A Bill to amend the Children Act 1989 to state that proceedings under Section 5A of, and Schedule 2 to, the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 are family proceedings