Regulation 17 Amendments to the Electronic Commerce Directive (Trafficking People for Exploitation) Regulations 2013I1
England and Wales
In regulation 3—
(a)
after paragraph (3) insert—
“(3A)An EWSP acting in the course of providing information society services commits an offence under section 2 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 if—
(a)all of the arranging or facilitating takes place outside the United Kingdom and any part of the arranging or facilitating takes place in another EEA state; or
(b)an EEA state other than the United Kingdom is the country of arrival, entry, travel or (as the case may be) departure.”;
(b)
in paragraph (4), for “paragraph (2) or (3)” substitute “paragraph (2), (3) or (3A)”.
Annotations
Commencement
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Reg. 17 in force at 31.7.2015, see reg. 1