6Aggravation involving a childS
(1)This subsection applies where it is—
(a)libelled in an indictment or specified in a complaint that the offence of human trafficking is aggravated by being committed against a child, and
(b)proved that the offence is so aggravated.
(2)Evidence from a single source is sufficient to prove that the offence is aggravated by being committed against a child.
(3)Where subsection (1) applies, the court must—
(a)state on conviction that the offence is aggravated by being committed against a child,
(b)record the conviction in a way that shows that the offence is so aggravated,
(c)take the aggravation into account in determining the appropriate sentence, and
(d)state—
(i)where the sentence in respect of the offence is different from that which the court would have imposed if the offence were not so aggravated, the extent of and the reason for that difference, or
(ii)otherwise, the reasons for there being no difference.
Commencement Information
I1S. 6 in force at 31.5.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/128, reg. 2, Sch.