Amendment to the Housing Act 1985

2.—(1) The Housing Act 1985 is amended as follows.

(2) In Schedule 2A(1) (absolute ground for possession for anti-social behaviour: serious offences) after paragraph 29 insert—

Modern slavery

29A   An offence under either of the following sections of the Modern Slavery Act 2015(2)—

(a) section 1 (slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour),

(b) section 2 (human trafficking).”

(1)

Schedule 2A was inserted by section 94(2) of, and Schedule 3 to, the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.

(2)

2015 c. 30.