{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/uk-borders-act-2007/section-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/uk-borders-act-2007/section-31.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/30",
  "legislation_title": "UK Borders Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/uk-borders-act-2007",
  "path": "section/31",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "People trafficking",
  "text": "(1) In section 4(1) of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc. ) Act 2004 (c. 19) (trafficking) after “the arrival in” insert “ , or the entry into, ” .\n( 2 ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) In section 57(1) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42) (trafficking) after “the arrival in” insert “ , or the entry into, ” .\n(4) For sections 60(2) and (3) of that Act (trafficking: extent) substitute—\n“(2) Sections 57 to 59 apply to anything done whether inside or outside the United Kingdom.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 31 repealed (N.I.) (14.1.2015) by Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Criminal Justice and Support for Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 2), s. 28, Sch. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 31 repealed (E.W.) (6.4.2013) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 10 Pt. 9 (with s. 97); S.I. 2013/470, art. 2(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 31 in force at 31.1.2008 by S.I. 2008/99, art. 2(l)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/30/section/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:20.236890+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."
}