{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-trafficking-and-exploitation-criminal-justice-and-support-for-victims-act-northern-ireland-2015/section-5",
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  "legislation": "nia/2015/2",
  "legislation_title": "Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Criminal Justice and Support for Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-trafficking-and-exploitation-criminal-justice-and-support-for-victims-act-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Offences to be serious offences for purposes of sentencing",
  "text": "(1) The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 is amended as follows.\n(2) In Schedule 1 (serious offences for purposes of sentencing dangerous offenders) after paragraph 31 insert—\n“The Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Criminal Justice and Support for Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2015\n31A An offence under—\nsection 1 (slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour);\nsection 2 (human trafficking).”.\n(3) In Part 1 of Schedule 2 (specified violent offences for purposes of sentencing dangerous offenders) after paragraph 31 insert—\n“The Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Criminal Justice and Support for Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2015\n31A An offence under—\nsection 1 (slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour);\nsection 2 (human trafficking) which is not within Part 2 of this Schedule.”.\n(4) In Part 2 of Schedule 2 (specified sexual offences for purposes of sentencing dangerous offenders) after paragraph 14 insert—\n“The Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Criminal Justice and Support for Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2015\n14A An offence under section 2 (human trafficking) committed with a view to exploitation that consists of or includes behaviour within section 3(3) of that Act (sexual exploitation)..2 (human trafficking) committed with a view to exploitation that consists of or includes behaviour within section 3(3) of that Act (sexual exploitation).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2015/2/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:16.992081+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."
}