Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 12)

PART 1 S OFFENCES

Human trafficking S

2 Application of offence to conduct in United Kingdom and elsewhere S

(1) A person mentioned in subsection (2) commits an offence of human trafficking regardless of where the relevant action takes place.

(2) The persons are—

(a) a person who is a UK national,

(b) a person who at the time of the offence was habitually resident in Scotland,

(c) a body incorporated under the law of a part of the United Kingdom.

(3) A person not mentioned in subsection (2) commits an offence of human trafficking if—

(a) any part of the relevant action takes place in the United Kingdom, or

(b) the relevant action is taken with a view to a person arriving in or entering into, departing from, or travelling within, the United Kingdom.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 2 in force at 31.5.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/128, reg. 2, Sch.