Section 17: Prevention orders on sentencing
74.Section 17 provides that a court may, instead of or in addition to dealing with the person in any other way, make a trafficking and exploitation prevention order (TEPO) on sentencing of an adult.
75.Subsection (1) sets out the three circumstances where the court may make a TEPO against a person on sentencing. The first is conviction of an adult of a relevant trafficking and exploitation offence The second circumstance is acquittal of such an offence by reason of the special defence set out in section 51A of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (which provides a defence where a person is unable by reason of mental disorder to appreciate the nature or wrongfulness of their conduct). The third circumstance is a finding of unfitness for trial in relation to such an offence under section 53F of that Act (which provides that a person is unfit for trial if it is established on the balance of probabilities that the person is incapable, by reason of a mental or physical condition, of participating effectively in that trial). In relation to the third circumstance there must also be a finding that the adult has done the act constituting the offence.
76.Subsection (3) provides that the court may make a TEPO at its own instance or on the motion of the prosecutor.
77.Subsection (4) provides the test for making a TEPO on sentencing. The court must be satisfied that there is a risk that the person in respect of whom the order is to have effect may commit a relevant trafficking or exploitation offence and that it is necessary to make the prohibitions and requirements in the order for the purpose of protecting persons generally, or particular persons, from the physical or psychological harm which would be likely to occur if the person committed such an offence.
78.Subsection (5) provides a definition of “the court” for the purposes of this section.
