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Statutory Instruments
Modern Slavery
Made
16th September 2015
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 61(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015(1) makes the following Regulations.
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2015.
(2) In these Regulations “the 2015 Act” means the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
2. The following provisions of the 2015 Act come into force on 15th October 2015—
(a)section 49 (guidance about identifying and supporting victims);
(b)section 51 (presumption about age); and
(c)section 53 (overseas domestic workers).
3. Section 52 (duty to notify Secretary of State about suspected victims of slavery or human trafficking) of the 2015 Act comes into force on 1st November 2015.
Karen Bradley
Parliamentary-Under Secretary of State
Home Office
16th September 2015
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations are the second commencement regulations made under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (c. 30) (“the 2015 Act”).
Regulation 2 brings into force on 15th October 2015 provisions of the 2015 Act relating to guidance about identifying and supporting victims, presumption about age and overseas domestic workers.
Regulation 3 brings into force on 1st November 2015 the provision of the 2015 Act relating to the duty to notify the Secretary of State about suspected victims of slavery or human trafficking.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
The following provisions of the Act were brought into force by Statutory Instrument before these Regulations were made.
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