PART 3ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT
Interpretation of this Part17
F1A1
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.