Section 173 | Requirement For Courts And Certain Persons To Have Regard To The List Of Countries | Police Crime Sentencing And Courts Act 2022 C32

173 Requirement for courts and certain persons to have regard to the list of countries

Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (2022 c 32) | Legislation

173 Requirement for courts and certain persons to have regard to the list of countries

(1) In section 346 of the Sentencing Code (exercise of power to make sexual harm prevention order)—

(a) the existing text becomes subsection (1), and

(b) after that subsection insert—

“(2) If a list has been published under section 172 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (list of countries where children are at a high risk of sexual abuse or sexual exploitation) and has not been withdrawn, the court must have regard to the list in considering—

(a) whether a sexual harm prevention order is necessary for the purpose of protecting children generally, or any particular children, from sexual harm from the offender outside the United Kingdom, and

(b) in particular, whether a prohibition on foreign travel (see section 348) is necessary for that purpose.”

(2) In section 350 of the Sentencing Code (sexual harm prevention orders: variations, renewals and discharges)—

(a) after subsection (3) insert—

“(3A) If a list has been published under section 172 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (list of countries where children are at high risk of sexual abuse or sexual exploitation)