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The Human Trafficking and Exploitation (2015 Act) (Commencement No.2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016

Type Ni-Statutory-Rule

Publication 2016-02-17

State In force

Jurisdiction Northern Ireland

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Made: 17th February 2016

The Department of Justice makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 28(3)(a) of the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Criminal Justice and Support for Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2015[^f00001].

Citation and interpretation

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(1) This Order may be cited as the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (2015 Act) (Commencement No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016.

(2) In this Order, “the 2015 Act” means the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Criminal Justice and Support for Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2015.

Appointed day

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Section 11 of, and Schedule 3 to, the 2015 Act (slavery and trafficking prevention orders) shall come into operation on 1st April 2016 all other purposes.

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 17th February 2016

David Ford — Minister of Justice

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Section 11 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Criminal Justice and Support for Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (“the 2015 Act”) make provision for courts in Northern Ireland to impose slavery and trafficking prevention orders (STPOs) upon offenders convicted of an offence of slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour, or of human trafficking, either upon sentencing or following an application by the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

This Order commences section 11 of, and Schedule 3 to, the 2015 Act on 1st April 2016 for all other purposes to make the STPO regime fully operational.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2015 c.2 (N.I.).

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