Trafficking People for Exploitation (Amendment) Regulations 2026

UK New Legislation

Published April 6th, 2026

Detected March 17th, 2026

Summary

The UK Secretary of State has issued the Trafficking People for Exploitation (Amendment) Regulations 2026, revoking specific review provisions from the 2013 Regulations. These changes are made under the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 and are expected to have no significant impact on businesses.

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What changed

The UK Secretary of State has issued the Trafficking People for Exploitation (Amendment) Regulations 2026, effective April 6, 2026. These regulations, made under the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023, remove regulation 6 from the Trafficking People for Exploitation Regulations 2013 and specific provisions (regulations 4 and 8) from the Electronic Commerce Directive (Trafficking People for Exploitation) Regulations 2013. The removal pertains to requirements for reviewing these regulations and a provision concerning cross-border arrangements with the EU.

These changes are considered minor and are not expected to have a significant impact on the private, voluntary, or public sectors. No specific compliance actions are mandated for regulated entities beyond acknowledging the removal of these review provisions. The regulations extend to England and Wales.

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Statutory Instruments

2026 No. 295

RETAINED EU LAW REFORM

The Trafficking People for Exploitation (Amendment) Regulations 2026

Sift requirements satisfied

10th March 2026

Made

12th March 2026

Laid before Parliament

16th March 2026

Coming into force

6th April 2026

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 ”)(1).

The Secretary of State is a relevant national authority for the purposes of section 14(1) of the 2023 Act(2).

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

In the Trafficking People for Exploitation Regulations 2013(3), omit regulation 6 (review).

Amendment of the Electronic Commerce Directive (Trafficking People for Exploitation) Regulations 2013

In the Electronic Commerce Directive (Trafficking People for Exploitation) Regulations 2013(4), omit the following provisions—

(a) regulation 4 (internal market: non-UK service providers);

(b) regulation 8 (review).

Jess Phillips

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

12th March 2026

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.

(1) 2023 c. 28.

(2) The term “relevant national authority” is defined in section 21(1) of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023.

(3) S.I. 2013/554.

(4) S.I. 2013/817.