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.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 17(A1) inserted (28.4.2022) by Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 19), ss. 21(2)(a), 30(1)(a)
F2S. 17(1A) inserted (28.4.2022) by Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 19), ss. 21(2)(b), 30(1)(a)