Part 6—Transparency in supply chains etc
(6) A slavery and human trafficking statement—
- (a) if the organisation is a body corporate other than a limited liability partnership, must be approved by the board of directors (or equivalent management body) and signed by a director (or equivalent);
- (b) if the organisation is a limited liability partnership, must be approved by the members and signed by a designated member;
- (c) if the organisation is a limited partnership registered under the Limited Partnerships Act 1907, must be signed by a general partner;
- (d) if the organisation is any other kind of partnership, must be signed by a partner.
(7) If the organisation has a website, it must—
- (a) publish the slavery and human trafficking statement on that website, and
- (b) include a link to the slavery and human trafficking statement in a prominent place on that website’s homepage.
(8) If the organisation does not have a website, it must provide a copy of the slavery and human trafficking statement to anyone who makes a written request for one, and must do so before the end of the period of 30 days beginning with the day on which the request is received.
(9) The Secretary of State—
- (a) may issue guidance about the duties imposed on commercial organisations by this section;
- (b) must publish any such guidance in a way the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
(10) The guidance may in particular include further provision about the kind of information which may be included in a slavery and human trafficking statement.
(11) The duties imposed on commercial organisations by this section are enforceable by the Secretary of State bringing civil proceedings in the High Court for an injunction or, in Scotland, for specific performance of a statutory duty under section 45 of the Court of Session Act 1988.
(12) For the purposes of this section—
- “commercial organisation” means—
- (a) a body corporate (wherever incorporated) which carries on a business, or part of a business, in any part of the United Kingdom, or
- (b) a partnership (wherever formed) which carries on a business, or part of a business, in any part of the United Kingdom, and for this purpose “business” includes a trade or profession;
- “partnership” means—
- (a) a partnership within the Partnership Act 1890,
- (b) a limited partnership registered under the Limited Partnerships Act 1907, or
- (c) a firm, or an entity of a similar character, formed under the law of a country outside the United Kingdom;
- “slavery and human trafficking” means—
- (a) conduct which constitutes an offence under any of the following—
