After section 5A of the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 (inserted by section 73 above) insert -
"5B Duty to notify police of female genital mutilation
(1) A person who works in a regulated profession in England and Wales must make a notification under this section (an "FGM notification") if, in the course of his or her work in the profession, the person discovers that an act of female genital mutilation appears to have been carried out on a girl who is aged under 18.
(2) For the purposes of this section -
(a) a person works in a "regulated profession" if the person is -
(i) a healthcare professional,
(ii) a teacher, or
(iii) a social care worker in Wales;
(b) a person "discovers" that an act of female genital mutilation appears to have been carried out on a girl in either of the following two cases.
(3) The first case is where the girl informs the person that an act of female genital mutilation (however described) has been carried out on her.
(4) The second case is where -
(a) the p
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