Explanatory Notes

Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act 2015

2015 asp 12

4 November 2015

The Structure and a Summary of the Act

Part 4 – Trafficking and Exploitation Prevention and Risk Orders

Offences and supplementary provision

Section 33: Enforcement of other UK orders

140.Section 33 provides that the Scottish Ministers may modify, by regulations, the list of orders at section 32(2) so that a breach of those orders in Scotland constitutes an offence under section 32(1). The orders which may be added are “relevant UK orders”. Those are described in subsection (2) as orders under the law of England and Wales or Northern Ireland which appear to the Scottish Ministers to be equivalent or similar to TEPOs, TEROs or interim TEPOs or TEROs.