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Sexual Offences Act 2003

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117A Surrender of passports: Northern Ireland

(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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117A Surrender of passports: Northern Ireland

(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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