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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/abusive-behaviour-and-sexual-harm-scotland-act-2016/section-29",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/abusive-behaviour-and-sexual-harm-scotland-act-2016/section-29.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2016/22",
  "legislation_title": "Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/abusive-behaviour-and-sexual-harm-scotland-act-2016",
  "path": "section/29",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "29",
  "heading": "Prohibitions on foreign travel",
  "text": "(1) A prohibition on foreign travel contained in a sexual risk order must not be for a period of more than 5 years.\n(2) A “prohibition on foreign travel” means—\n(a) a prohibition on travelling to any country outside the United Kingdom named or described in the order,\n(b) a prohibition on travelling to any country outside the United Kingdom other than a country named or described in the order, or\n(c) a prohibition on travelling to any country outside the United Kingdom.\n(3) Subsection (1) does not prevent a prohibition on foreign travel from being extended for a further period (of no more than 5 years each time) under section 30.\n(4) A sexual risk order that contains a prohibition within subsection (2)(c) must require the person who is subject to the order to surrender all of the person's passports at a police station specified in the order—\n(a) on or before the date when the prohibition takes effect, or\n(b) within a period specified in the order.\n(5) In this section, “passport” means—\n(a) a United Kingdom passport within the meaning of the Immigration Act 1971,\n(b) a passport issued by or on behalf of the authorities of another country,\n(c) a passport issued by or on behalf of an international organisation,\n(d) a document that can be used (in some or all circumstances) instead of a passport.\n(6) Any passports surrendered in accordance with the requirement must be returned as soon as reasonably practicable after the person ceases to be subject to a sexual risk order containing such a prohibition (unless the person is subject to an equivalent prohibition under another order).\n(7) Subsection (6) does not apply in relation to—\n(a) a passport issued by or on behalf of the authorities of another country if the passport has been returned to those authorities,\n(b) a passport issued by or on behalf of an international organisation if the passport has been returned to that organisation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 29 in force at 31.3.2023 by S.S.I. 2023/51, reg. 2 (with reg. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/22/section/29",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:13:25.429051+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}