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<Title><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/42" id="c00001" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2003" Number="0042">Sexual Offences Act 2003</Citation></Title>
<Number>42</Number>
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<DateText>20 November 2003</DateText>
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<Title><CitationSubRef id="c00344" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/42/section/59" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-59">Section 59</CitationSubRef>: Trafficking out of the UK for sexual exploitation</Title>
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<Text><CitationSubRef id="c00346" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/42/section/59" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-59">Section 59</CitationSubRef> makes it an offence for a person (A) intentionally to arrange or facilitate the departure from the UK of a person (B) where A intends to do anything to, or in respect of, B that would result in the commission of a relevant offence involving B or A believes that another person is likely to do something to, or in respect of, B that would result in the commission of a relevant offence involving B. In both cases, the relevant offence must take place after B’s departure and may take place anywhere in the world.   “Relevant offence” is defined at <Emphasis>subsection (<CitationSubRef id="c00348" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2003/42/section/59/1" CitationRef="c00344" SectionRef="section-59-1">1</CitationSubRef>)</Emphasis> of section  60</Text>
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<Text>The offence is designed to cover the situation where B is in the UK, either because he is ordinarily resident here or because he has been trafficked here, but is then trafficked by A to another part of the world to be subjected to a sex offence.</Text>
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