PART 2Sexual harm

CHAPTER 3Sexual harm prevention orders

What order does

I117Prohibitions on foreign travel

1

A prohibition on foreign travel contained in a sexual harm prevention order must be for a fixed period of not more than 5 years.

2

A “prohibition on foreign travel” means—

a

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

b

a prohibition on travelling to any country outside the United Kingdom other than a country named or described in the order, or

c

a prohibition on travelling to any country outside the United Kingdom.

3

Subsection (1) does not prevent a prohibition on foreign travel from being extended for a further period (of no more than 5 years each time) under section 20.

4

A sexual harm prevention order that contains a prohibition within subsection (2)(c) must require the person who is subject to the order to surrender all of the person's passports 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

In this section, “passport” means—

a

a United Kingdom passport within the meaning of the Immigration Act 1971,

b

a passport issued by or on behalf of the authorities of another country,

c

a passport issued by or on behalf of an international organisation,

d

a document that can be used (in some or all circumstances) instead of a passport.

6

Any passports surrendered in accordance with the requirement must be returned as soon as reasonably practicable after the person ceases to be subject to a sexual harm prevention order containing such a prohibition (unless the person is subject to an equivalent prohibition under another order).

7

Subsection (6) does not apply in relation to—

a

a passport issued by or on behalf of the authorities of another country 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.