Protection of Freedoms Bill

152C: Before Clause 107, insert the following new Clause— ““Trafficking people for labour and other exploitation (1) The Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004 is amended as follows. (2) For subsections (1) to (3) of section 4 (trafficking people for labour and other exploitation) substitute— ““(1A) A person (““A””) commits an offence if A intentionally arranges or facilitates— (a) the arrival in, or entry into, the United Kingdom or another country of another person (““B””), (b) the travel of B within the United Kingdom or another country, or (c) the departure of B from the United Kingdom or another country, with a view to the exploitation of B. (1B) For the purposes of subsection (1A)(a) and (c) A’s arranging or facilitating is with a view to the exploitation of B if (and only if)— (a) A intends to exploit B, after B’s arrival, entry or (as the case may be) departure but in any part of the world, or (b) A believes that another person is likely to exploit B, after B’s arrival, entry or (as the case may be) departure but in any part of the world. (1C) For the purposes of subsection (1A)(b) A’s arranging or facilitating is with a view to the exploitation of B if (and only if)— (a) A intends to exploit B, during or after the journey and in any part of the world, or (b) A believes that another person is likely to exploit B, during or after the journey and in any part of the world.”” (3) In section 4(4)— (a) in paragraph (b)— (i) omit ““under the Human Organ Transplants Act 1989 (c. 31) or””, and (ii) after ““2004”” insert ““as it has effect in the law of England and Wales””, (b) in that paragraph, the words from ““as a result”” to the end of the paragraph become sub-paragraph (i), and (c) after that sub-paragraph insert ““or (ii) which, were it done in England and Wales, would constitute an offence within sub-paragraph (i),””. (4) After section 4(4) insert— ““(4A) A person who is a UK national commits an offence under this section regardless of— (a) where the arranging or facilitating takes place, or (b) which country is the country of arrival, entry, travel or (as the case may be) departure. (4B) A person who is not a UK national commits an offence under this section if— (a) any part of the arranging or facilitating takes place in the United Kingdom, or (b) the United Kingdom is the country of arrival, entry, travel or (as the case may be) departure.”” (5) Omit section 5(1) (section 4: jurisdiction). (6) In section 5(3) (section 4: interpretation)— (a) for ““In section 4(4)(a)”” substitute ““In section 4— ““country”” includes any territory or other part of the world,””, (b) the words from ““““the Human Rights Convention”” to the end of the subsection become the next definition in a list, and (c) after that definition insert— ““““UK national”” means— (a) a British citizen, (b) a person who is a British subject by virtue of Part 4 of the British Nationality Act 1981 and who has the right of abode in the United Kingdom, or (c) a person who is a British overseas territories citizen by virtue of a connection with Gibraltar.”””” Amendment 152C agreed. Clauses 107 to 109 agreed. Schedule 9 : Consequential amendments Amendment 153 Schedule 9 : Consequential amendments Amendment 153 Moved by