Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008
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Interpretation. |
1.— In this Act— | |
“ Act of 1998 ” means the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998 ; | ||
“Act of 2001” means the Sex Offenders Act 2001 ; | ||
“child” means a person under the age of 18 years; | ||
“exploitation” means— | ||
(a) labour exploitation, | ||
(b) sexual exploitation, or | ||
(c) exploitation consisting of the removal of one or more of the organs of a person; | ||
“labour exploitation” means, in relation to a person (including a child)— | ||
(a) subjecting the person to forced labour, | ||
(b) forcing him or her to render services to another, or | ||
(c) enslavement of the person or subjecting him or her to servitude or a similar condition or state; | ||
“ sexual exploitation ” means, in relation to a person— | ||
(a) the production of pornography depicting the person either alone or with others, | ||
(b) causing the person to engage in sexual activity for the purpose of the production of pornography, | ||
(c) the prostitution of the person, | ||
(d) the commission of an offence specified in the Schedule to the Act of 2001 against the person; causing another person to commit such an offence against the person; or causing the person to commit such an offence against another person, or | ||
(e) otherwise causing the person to engage or participate in any sexual, indecent or obscene act; | ||
“trafficks” means, in relation to a person (including a child)— | ||
(a) procures, recruits, transports or harbours the person, or | ||
(i) transfers the person to, | ||
(ii) places the person in the custody, care or charge, or under the control, of, or | ||
(iii) otherwise delivers the person to, | ||
another person, | ||
(b) causes a person to enter or leave the State or to travel within the State, | ||
(c) takes custody of a person or takes a person— | ||
(i) into one’s care or charge, or | ||
(ii) under one’s control, | ||
or | ||
(d) provides the person with accommodation or employment. |