# Sexual Offences Act 2003, Section 103D: SHPOs: prohibitions on foreign travel


(1) A prohibition on foreign travel contained in a sexual harm prevention order must be for a fixed period of not more than 5 years.
(2) A “prohibition on foreign travel” means—
(a) a prohibition on travelling to any country outside the United Kingdom named or described in the order,
(b) a prohibition on travelling to any country outside the United Kingdom other than a country named or described in the order, or
(c) a prohibition on travelling to any country outside the United Kingdom.
(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 103E.
(4) A sexual harm prevention order that contains a prohibition within subsection (2)(c) must require the defendant to surrender all of the defendant's passports at a police station specified in the order—
(a) on or before the date when the prohibition takes effect, or
(b) within a period specified in the order.
(5) Any passports surrendered must be returned as soon as reasonably practicable after the person ceases to be subject to a sexual harm prevention order containing a prohibition within subsection (2)(c) (unless the person is subject to an equivalent prohibition under another order).
(6) Subsection (5) does not apply in relation to—
(a) a passport issued by or on behalf of the authorities of a country outside the United Kingdom if the passport has been returned to those authorities;
(b) a passport issued by or on behalf of an international organisation if the passport has been returned to that organisation.
(7) In this section “passport” means—
(a) a United Kingdom passport within the meaning of the Immigration Act 1971;
(b) a passport issued by or on behalf of the authorities of a country outside the United Kingdom, or by or on behalf of an international organisation;
(c) a document that can be used (in some or all circumstances) instead of a passport.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/42/section/103D (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-act-2003/section-103D
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