# Sexual Offences Act 2003, Section 117A: Surrender of passports: Northern Ireland

Extent: N.I.

(1) This section applies in relation to a foreign travel order which contains a prohibition within section 117(2)(c).
(2) The order must require the defendant to surrender all of the defendant's passports, at a police station in Northern Ireland specified in the order—
(a) on or before the date when the prohibition takes effect, or
(b) within a period specified in the order.
(3) Any passports surrendered must be returned as soon as reasonably practicable after the person ceases to be subject to a foreign travel order containing a prohibition within section 117(2)(c) (unless the person is subject to an equivalent prohibition under another order).
(4) Subsection (3) 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.
(5) 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/117A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-act-2003/section-117A
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