PART 5SUPPLEMENTARY

28Short title and commencement

1

This Act may be cited as the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Criminal Justice and Support for Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2015.

2

Except as provided by the following subsections, this Act comes into operation on the day after Royal Assent.

3

The following provisions come into operation on such day or days as the Department may by order appoint—

a

section 11 (with Schedule 3);

b

section 13.

4

Sections 12 and 20 come into operation one month after Royal Assent.

5

Section 15(1) to (5) and (7) comes into operation on 1 June 2015.

6

Section 21(1) to (4) and (6) to (12) comes into operation 10 months after Royal Assent.