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Scottish Statutory Instruments
Criminal Law
Made
11th January 2018
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
15th January 2018
Coming into force
31st January 2018
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 45(2) and (3) of the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act 2015(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act 2015 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2018 and come into force on 31st January 2018.
2. The following days are appointed for the coming into force, for all remaining purposes, of the following provisions in the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act 2015—
(a)31st January 2018 for section 12 (presumption of age of child victim); and
(b)1st April 2018 for section 9 (support and assistance for adult victims of human trafficking).
MICHAEL MATHESON
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
11th January 2018
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations bring into force, for all remaining purposes, sections 9 and 12 of the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act 2015 (“the Act”). Sections 9 and 12 were previously commenced only for the purpose of making regulations.
The Bill for the Act received Royal Assent on 4th November 2015. Section 45(1) brought into force sections 40, 41, 42, 44, 45 and 46 on the day after Royal Assent.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Provision | Date of Commencement | S.I. No. |
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Part 1 | 31st May 2016 | S.S.I. 2016/128 |
Section 8 | 31st May 2016 | S.S.I. 2016/128 |
Section 9 (partially) | 31st May 2016 | S.S.I. 2016/128 |
Section 10 | 31st May 2016 | S.S.I. 2016/128 |
Section 11 (partially) | 31st May 2016 | S.S.I. 2016/128 |
Section 12 (partially) | 31st May 2016 | S.S.I. 2016/128 |
Part 3 | 31st May 2016 | S.S.I. 2016/128 |
Section 16 | 30th June 2017 | S.S.I. 2017/140 |
Section 17 | 30th June 2017 | S.S.I. 2017/140 |
Section 18 | 30th June 2017 | S.S.I. 2017/140 |
Section 19 | 30th June 2017 | S.S.I. 2017/140 |
Section 20 | 30th June 2017 | S.S.I. 2017/140 |
Section 21 | 30th June 2017 | S.S.I. 2017/140 |
Section 22 | 30th June 2017 | S.S.I. 2017/140 |
Section 23 | 30th June 2017 | S.S.I. 2017/140 |
Section 24 | 30th June 2017 | S.S.I. 2017/140 |
Section 25 | 30th June 2017 | S.S.I. 2017/140 |
Section 26 | 31st October 2017 | S.S.I. 2017/140 |
Section 27 | 31st October 2017 | S.S.I. 2017/140 |
Section 28 | 31st October 2017 | S.S.I. 2017/140 |
Section 29 | 31st October 2017 | S.S.I. 2017/140 |
Section 30 | 31st October 2017 | S.S.I. 2017/140 |
Section 31 | 31st October 2017 | S.S.I. 2017/140 |
Section 32 | 31st May 2016 | S.S.I. 2016/128 |
Section 33 | 31st May 2016 | S.S.I. 2016/128 |
Section 34(1) | 31st May 2016 | S.S.I. 2016/128 |
Section 34(2) to (6) | 30th June 2017 | S.S.I. 2017/140 |
Section 35 | 31st May 2016 | S.S.I. 2016/128 |
Section 36 | 31st May 2016 | S.S.I. 2016/128 |
Section 37 | 31st May 2016 | S.S.I. 2016/128 |
Section 38 (partially) | 31st May 2016 | S.S.I. 2016/128 |
Section 39 | 31st May 2016 | S.S.I. 2016/128 |
Section 43 | 31st May 2016 | S.S.I. 2016/128 |
Schedule, paragraphs 1, 3 and 6 | 31st May 2016 | S.S.I. 2016/128 |
Schedule, paragraphs 2, 4 and 5 | 17th December 2016 | S.S.I. 2016/385 |