Section 6: Aggravation involving a child
34.Section 6 provides that the offence of human trafficking may be aggravated by being committed against a child (being a person under 18). It must be libelled in an indictment or specified in a complaint that the offence is aggravated in that way and the aggravation must be proved using a single source of evidence. Where the aggravation is established, the court is required to state on conviction that the offence was aggravated by being committed against a child, take into account the aggravation when determining the appropriate sentence and record the conviction in a way that shows the offence is aggravated by being committed against a child. If the sentence imposed is different to the one which would have been imposed had the offence not been aggravated, the court must state the extent of and reasons for that difference or give the reasons for there being no difference.
