16. Consent of trafficked person irrelevant

Terms defined in s 2

• trafficked person

  trafficked person

  Defined · s 2

  “trafficked person” means any person who is the victim or object of an act of trafficking in persons;

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• trafficking in persons

  trafficking in persons

  Defined · s 2

  “trafficking in persons” means all actions of recruiting, conveying, transferring, acquiring, maintaining, harbouring, providing or receiving, a person, for the purpose of exploitation, by the following means: (a) threat or use of force or other forms of coercion; (b) abduction; (c) fraud; (d) deception; (e) abuse of power; (f) abuse of the position of vulnerability of a person to an act of trafficking in persons; or (g) the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to obtain the consent of a person having control over the trafficked person;

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