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PART 3N.I.ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT

Interpretation of this PartN.I.

17—[F1(A1) For the purposes of this Part, there is a conclusive determination that a person is, or is not, a victim of—

(a)slavery or servitude, or

(b)forced or compulsory labour,

when, on completion of an identification process corresponding to one required by Article 10 of the Trafficking Convention, a competent authority concludes that the person is, or is not, such a victim.]

(1) For the purposes of this Part there is a conclusive determination that a person is, or is not, a victim of trafficking in human beings when, on completion of the identification process required by Article 10 of the Trafficking Convention, a competent authority concludes that the person is, or is not, such a victim.

[F2(1A) A reference in this Part to—

(a)slavery or servitude, or

(b)forced or compulsory labour,

is to be construed in accordance with Article 4 of the Human Rights Convention.]

(2) In this Part—

“competent authority” means a person who is a competent authority of the United Kingdom for the purposes of the Trafficking Convention;

“the Trafficking Convention” means the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (done at Warsaw on 16 May 2005);

“trafficking in human beings” has the same meaning as in the Trafficking Convention.

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