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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2016/128/schedule/made</dc:identifier><dc:title>The Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act 2015 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitory Provisions) Regulations 2016</dc:title><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>King's Printer for Scotland</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2017-03-07</dc:modified><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">CRIMINAL LAW</dc:subject>
					<dc:description>These Regulations bring into force the following provisions of the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act 2015 (“the Act”) on 31st May 2016: Parts 1 and 3, section 8, section 9 (but only for the purpose of making regulations under section 9(2)(b)(i) and (8)), section 10, section 11 (but only for the purpose of making regulations under section 11(7) and (8)), section 12 (but only for the purpose of making regulations under section 12(5)), sections 32, 33, 34(1) and 35 to 37, section 38 (but only for the purpose of making regulations under section 38(3) and (4)), section 39, section 43 and paragraphs 1, 3 and 6 of the Schedule.</dc:description>
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<Title>Provisions of <Abbreviation Expansion="Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act 2015 asp 12">the Act</Abbreviation> coming into force on 31st May 2016</Title>
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<Reference>Regulation 2</Reference>
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<tbody><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Part 1</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Offences</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"/></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Section 8</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Lord Advocate’s instructions on prosecution of victims of offences</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"/></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Section 9</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Support and assistance: victims of offence of human trafficking</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">For the purpose of making regulations under section 9(2)(b)(i) and (8)</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Section 10</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Support and assistance: victims of an offence under section 4</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"/></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Section 11</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Independent child trafficking guardians</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">For the purpose of making regulations under section 11(7) and (8)</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Section 12</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Presumption of age</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">For the purpose of making regulations under section 12(5)</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Part 3</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Confiscation of property</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"/></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Section 32</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Offences</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"/></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Section 33</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Enforcement of other <Acronym xmlns="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" Expansion="United Kingdom">UK</Acronym> orders</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"/></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Section 34(1)</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Interpretation of Part 4</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"/></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Section 35</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Trafficking and exploitation strategy</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"/></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Section 36</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Review and publication of strategy</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"/></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Section 37</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Duty to co-operate on strategy</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"/></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Section 38</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Duty to notify and provide information about victims</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">For the purpose of making regulations under section 38(3) and (4)</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Section 39</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Offences by bodies corporate <Abbreviation xmlns="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" Expansion="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</Abbreviation></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"/></tr><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Section 43</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1">Minor and consequential amendments</td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"/></tr><tr><td xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format" rowspan="1" colspan="1" fo:border-bottom-style="solid" fo:border-bottom-width="0.5pt" fo:border-bottom-color="black">Schedule, paragraphs 1, 3 and 6</td><td xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format" rowspan="1" colspan="1" fo:border-bottom-style="solid" fo:border-bottom-width="0.5pt" fo:border-bottom-color="black">Minor and consequential amendments</td><td xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format" rowspan="1" colspan="1" fo:border-bottom-style="solid" fo:border-bottom-width="0.5pt" fo:border-bottom-color="black"/></tr></tbody>
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