{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/modern-slavery-act-2015/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/modern-slavery-act-2015/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2015/30",
  "legislation_title": "Modern Slavery Act 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/modern-slavery-act-2015",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Sentencing",
  "text": "(1) The Criminal Justice Act 2003 is amended as follows.\n(2) In Part 1 of Schedule 15 (specified offences for purposes of Chapter 5 of Part 12 - violent offences), after paragraph 63F insert—\n“\n63G An offence under section 1 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour).\n63H An offence under section 2 of that Act (human trafficking) which is not within Part 2 of this Schedule.”\n(3) In Part 2 of Schedule 15 (specified offences for purposes of Chapter 5 of Part 12 - sexual offences), after paragraph 152 insert—\n“\n152A An offence under section 2 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (human trafficking) committed with a view to exploitation that consists of or includes behaviour within section 3(3) of that Act (sexual exploitation).”\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 6(4) repealed (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 28 (with ss. 413(4)(5), 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 6 in force at 31.7.2015 by S.I. 2015/1476, reg. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/30/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:06:43.809241+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."
}