Interim slavery and trafficking prevention orders
7.—(1) This paragraph applies where an application under paragraph 2 (“the main application”) has not been determined.
(2) An application for an interim slavery and trafficking prevention order—
(a)may be made by the complaint by which the main application is made, or
(b)if the main application has been made, may be made by the person who has made that application, by complaint to the court to which that application has been made.
(3) The court may, if it considers it just to do so, make an interim slavery and trafficking prevention order.
(4) An interim slavery and trafficking prevention order is an order prohibiting the defendant from doing anything described in the order or requiring the defendant to do anything described in the order (or both).
(5) The order—
(a)has effect only for a fixed period, specified in the order;
(b)ceases to have effect, if it has not already done so, on the determination of the main application.
(6) The applicant or the defendant may by complaint apply to the court that made the interim slavery and trafficking prevention order for the order to be varied, renewed or discharged.