1.—(1) These Rules may be cited as the Magistrates’ Courts (Modern Slavery Act 2015) Rules 2015.
(2) These Rules come into force on 31st July 2015.
(3) In these Rules—
(a)“the 2015 Act” means the Modern Slavery Act 2015;
(b)a reference to a section by number alone means the section so numbered in the 2015 Act;
(c)“applicant” means the person applying or who applied for an order under section 15 or section 23 of the 2015 Act, and “defendant” means the person against whom the order is or was applied for.