Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act 2015

21 Prohibitions on foreign travel

(1) A fixed period of not more than 5 years of effect must be applied to—

(a) a prohibition on foreign travel contained in a trafficking and exploitation prevention order, and

(b) an order that contains such a prohibition and no other prohibitions or requirements.

(2) A “prohibition on foreign travel” means—

(a) a prohibition on travelling to any country outwith the United Kingdom named or described in the order,

(b) a prohibition on travelling to any country outwith the United Kingdom other than a country named or described in the order, or

(c) a prohibition on travelling to any country outwith the United Kingdom.

(3) A further period (of not more than 5 years each time) may be applied to—

(a) a prohibition mentioned in subsection (1)(a) by a variation or a renewal under section 22 or, as the case may be, section 23, and

(b) an order mentioned in subsection (1)(b) by a renewal under either of those sections.

(4) A trafficking and exploitation prevention order that contains a prohibition mentioned in subsection (2)(c) must require the adult in respect of whom the order is made to surrender each passport that the adult has at a police station specified in the order—

(a) on or before the date when the prohibition takes effect, or

(b) within a period specified in the order.

(5) Any passport surrendered must be returned as soon as reasonably practicable after the adult ceases to be subject to a prohibition mentioned in subsection (2)(c).

(6) Subsection (5) does not apply in relation to—

(a) a passport issued by or on behalf of the authorities of a country outwith the United Kingdom if the passport has been returned to those authorities,

(b) a passport issued by or on behalf of an international organisation if the passport has been returned to that organisation.