Assessment of impact criminalisation of purchasing sexual services
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Section 15 of the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Criminal Justice and Support for Victims) Act 2015 requires the Department to review the operation of Article 64A of the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 which criminalises the purchase of sexual services.
The Department commissioned research from Queen’s University Belfast to assist in fulfilling this statutory requirement.