The Trafficking People for Exploitation (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (accessible version)
Updated 13 March 2026
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The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 14(1) of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (“the 2023 Act”)(a).
The Secretary of State is a relevant national authority for the purposes of section 14(1) of the 2023 Act(b).
The requirements of paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 5 to the 2023 Act (relating to the appropriate Parliamentary procedure for these Regulations) have been satisfied.
Citation, commencement and extent
- —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Trafficking People for Exploitation (Amendment) Regulations 2026.
(2) These Regulations come into force 21 days after the day on which they are laid.
(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.
Amendment of the Trafficking People for Exploitation Regulations 2013
2. In the Trafficking People for Exploitation Regulations 2013(c ), omit regulation 6 (review).
Amendment of the Electronic Commerce Directive (Trafficking People for Exploitation) Regulations 2013
3. In the Electronic Commerce Directive (Trafficking People for Exploitation) Regulations 2013(d), omit the following provisions—
(a) regulation 4 (internal market: non-UK service providers);
(b) regulation 8 (review).
Name Minister of State Home Office
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations are made in exercise of the power in section 14(1) of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023. This is the power to revoke secondary assimilated EU law without replacing it.
Regulations 2 and 3 amend, respectively, the Trafficking People for Exploitation Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/554) and the Electronic Commerce Directive (Trafficking People for Exploitation) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/817) to remove requirements to carry out reviews of those Regulations.
Regulation 3 further amends S.I. 2013/817 to remove a provision about cross-border arrangements between England and Wales and the European Union which is no longer desirable.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.
(a) 2023 c. 28.
(b) The term “relevant national authority” is defined in section 21(1) of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023.
(c) S.I. 2013/554.
(d) S.I. 2013/817.