Amendments to Schedule 2 to the Principal Order3

1

Schedule 2 to the Principal Order is amended as follows.

2

In paragraph 1(b), for “entry clearance” substitute “entry clearance or leave to remain”.

3

Omit paragraph 1(c).

4

For paragraph 1(g), substitute—

g

for leave to remain for a Trafficking Convention reason, or under paragraph 159I of the immigration rules as a domestic worker who is the victim of slavery or human trafficking, where the applicant has received a positive conclusive grounds decision from a competent authority;

5

In paragraph 1(i), for “sub-paragraph (c), (e), (f), (g) or (h)” substitute “sub-paragraph (e), (f), (g) or (h)”.

6

After paragraph 3, insert—

4

In this Schedule—

  • “competent authority” means a designated competent authority of the United Kingdom for the purposes of the Trafficking Convention;

  • “positive conclusive grounds decision” means a decision made by a competent authority that the applicant is either—

    1. a

      a victim of human trafficking, or

    2. b

      a victim of slavery, servitude or forced or compulsory labour;

  • “Trafficking Convention” means the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings3;

  • “Trafficking Convention reason” means a reason, in accordance with the United Kingdom’s obligations under the Trafficking Convention, that the applicant’s stay in the United Kingdom is necessary—

    1. a

      because of the applicant’s personal situation,

    2. b

      because the applicant is co-operating with a police investigation or criminal proceedings, or

    3. c

      in order to pursue a claim for compensation against the applicant’s trafficker or modern slavery facilitator.