Schedule 5—Minor and consequential amendments
Part 2—Amendments relating to slavery and trafficking reparation orders
Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997 (c. 27)
13 In paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997 (exempted payments), for “2000 or” substitute “2000, section 8 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015,”.
Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c. 6)
14 In section 133(3)(c) of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (review of compensation orders), for the words from “a confiscation order” to the end substitute “any or all of the following made against him in the same proceedings—
- (i) a confiscation order under Part 6 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 or Part 2 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002;
- (ii) an unlawful profit order under section 4 of the Prevention of Social Housing Fraud Act 2013;
- (iii) a slavery and trafficking reparation order under section 8 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015; or”.
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29)
15 (1) Section 13 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (effect of confiscation order on court’s other powers) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (3)(a)—
- (a) for “or an” substitute “, an”;
- (b) after “(unlawful profit orders)” insert “or an order under section 8 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (slavery and trafficking reparation orders)”.
(3) In subsection (5)—
- (a) in paragraph (a) after “makes” insert “a confiscation order and one or more of”;
- (b) in paragraph (a)(i) omit “both a confiscation order and”;
- (c) in paragraph (a)(ii) omit “both a confiscation order and”;
- (d) after paragraph (a)(ii) insert—
- “(iia) a slavery and trafficking reparation order under section 8 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015,”;
- (e) omit paragraph (a)(iii);
- (f) in paragraph (b) omit “both the orders or”.
(4) In subsection (6) (priorities of confiscation orders and other orders) for the words from “of the compensation” to “as it specifies” substitute “as it specifies of the amount (or amounts) payable under the order (or orders) listed in subsection (5) a)(i) to (iia)”.
16 In section 19(8) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (no order made: reconsideration of case), at the end insert “in relation to it”.
17 In section 20(12) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (no order made: reconsideration of benefit), at the end insert “in relation to it”.
