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Modern Slavery Act 2015 (c. 30)
Part 6—Transparency in supply chains etc
- (i) section 1, 2 or 4 of this Act,
- (ii) section 1, 2 or 4 of the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Criminal Justice and Support for Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 2 (N.I.)) (equivalent offences in Northern Ireland),
- (iii) section 22 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 7) (traffic in prostitution etc),
- (iv) section 4 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 (trafficking for exploitation),
- (v) section 47 of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13) (slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour), or
- (b) conduct which would constitute an offence in a part of the United Kingdom under any of those provisions if the conduct took place in that part of the United Kingdom.
Part 7
Miscellaneous and general
Miscellaneous
55Gangmasters Licensing Authority
The Secretary of State must—
- (a) before the end of the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed, publish a paper on the role of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority, and
- (b) consult such representative bodies and other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate about the matters dealt with by that paper.
General
56Interpretation
(1) For the purposes of this Act a person is a victim of slavery if he or she is a victim of—
- (a) conduct which constitutes an offence under section 1, or
- (b) conduct which would have constituted an offence under that section if that section had been in force when the conduct occurred.
(2) For the purposes of this Act a person is a victim of human trafficking if he or she is the victim of—
- (a) conduct which constitutes an offence under section 2, or would constitute an offence under that section if the person responsible for the conduct were a UK national, or
- (b) conduct which would have been within paragraph (a) if section 2 had been in force when the conduct occurred.
(3) In this Act—
- “child” means a person under the age of 18;
