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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-trafficking-and-exploitation-scotland-act-2015/section-28",
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  "legislation": "asp/2015/12",
  "legislation_title": "Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-trafficking-and-exploitation-scotland-act-2015",
  "path": "section/28",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": "Prohibitions on foreign travel",
  "text": "(1) A fixed period of not more than 5 years of effect must be applied to—\n(a) a prohibition on foreign travel contained in a trafficking and exploitation risk order, and\n(b) an order that contains such a prohibition and no other prohibitions or requirements.\n(2) A “prohibition on foreign travel” means—\n(a) a prohibition on travelling to any country outwith the United Kingdom named or described in the order,\n(b) a prohibition on travelling to any country outwith the United Kingdom other than a country named or described in the order, or\n(c) a prohibition on travelling to any country outwith the United Kingdom.\n(3) A further period (of no more than 5 years each time) may be applied to—\n(a) a prohibition mentioned in subsection (1)(a) by a variation or a renewal under section 29, and\n(b) an order mentioned in subsection (1)(b) by a renewal under that section.\n(4) A trafficking and exploitation risk order that contains a prohibition mentioned in subsection (2)(c) must require the adult in respect of whom the order is made to surrender each passport that the adult has 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) Any passport surrendered must be returned as soon as reasonably practicable after the adult ceases to be subject to a prohibition mentioned in subsection (2)(c).\n(6) Subsection (5) does not apply in relation to—\n(a) a passport issued by or on behalf of the authorities of a country outwith the United Kingdom 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. 28 in force at 31.10.2017 by S.S.I. 2017/140, reg. 2, sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2015/12/section/28",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:13:43.258361+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."
}