This Statutory Instrument has been made to correct errors in SI 2015/1743 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.
Statutory Instruments
2016 No. 762
Modern Slavery, England And Wales
The Modern Slavery Act 2015 (Duty to Notify) (Amendment) Regulations 2016
Made
13th July 2016
Laid before Parliament
18th July 2016
Coming into force
10th August 2016
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 52(2) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015( 1 ), makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (Duty to Notify) (Amendment) Regulations 2016.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 10th August 2016.
Amendments to the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (Duty to Notify) Regulations 2015
2. —(1)The Modern Slavery Act 2015 (Duty to Notify) Regulations 2015( 2 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3(1), for “paragraphs (2) and (4)”, substitute “paragraph (2), as read with paragraph (2A), and paragraph (4)”.
(3) In regulation 3(2), for “person”, substitute “victim” in each place in which it occurs.
(4) After regulation 3(2), insert—
“ (2A) Nothing in paragraph (2) shall be read as requiring the consent of any person in paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 whom the public authority believes may also have been the victim of slavery or human trafficking by the same perpetrator. ” .
(5) In paragraph 8(2) of Schedule 1, omit “the public authority must include” and “in the notification”.
Karen Bradley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Home Office
13th July 2016