All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.

Contents

• Commencement
• Amendments and other effects
• SIs made under the Act

Commencement

Section	Commencement Date	Commencement Information
Whole Act	20 September 2012	Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Act 2012 (Commencement) Order 2012 (S.I. No. 353 of 2012), art. 2

Amendments and other effects

How Affected	Affecting Provision
S. 2 offence for the purposes of s. 2 of 24/2012	Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (No. 24 of 2012), ss. 2, 12(2) & sch. 1
S. 3 offence for the purposes of s. 2 of 24/2012	Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (No. 24 of 2012), ss. 2, 12(2) & sch. 1
S. 4 offence for the purposes of s. 2 of 24/2012	Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (No. 24 of 2012), ss. 2, 12(2) & sch. 1
S. 4(1)(a) amended	Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Act 2014 (No. 43 of 2014), ss. 1(3), 68, sch. 4
S. 8(2) substituted	Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017 (28/2017), ss. 1(2), 35(a)
S. 8(3) repealed	Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Act 2024 (28/2024), ss. 1(2), 18(2)
S. 8(4) inserted	Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017 (28/2017), ss. 1(2), 35(b)
S. 16(2) amended	Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 (No. 24 of 2012), ss. 9, 12(2)

SIs made under the Act

Section	SIs made under the Act
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