PART 5Modern Slavery

I1I261Identified potential victims of slavery or human trafficking: recovery period

1

This section applies to a person (an “identified potential victim”) if—

a

a decision is made by a competent authority that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the person is a victim of slavery or human trafficking (a “positive reasonable grounds decision”), and

b

that decision is not a further RG decision (as to which, see section 62).

2

Subject to section 63(2), the identified potential victim may not be removed from, or required to leave, the United Kingdom during the recovery period.

3

The “recovery period”, in relation to an identified potential victim, is the period—

a

beginning with the day on which the positive reasonable grounds decision is made, and

b

ending with whichever of the following is the later—

i

the day on which the conclusive grounds decision is made in relation to the identified potential victim;

ii

the end of the period of 30 days beginning with the day mentioned in paragraph (a).