Modern Slavery Act 2015
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 2015 c. 30 |
| Year | 2015 |
Northern Irish public authority
SCHEDULE 4: (Section 45) Offences to which defence in section 45 does not apply
F96 SCHEDULE 4A: (Section 54A) Information gateways: specified persons
SCHEDULE 5: (Section 57) Minor and consequential amendments
Modern Slavery Act 2015
PART 1: Offences
Offences
PART 1
1: Slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour
- Common law offences
- Offences against the Person Act 1861 (c 100)
- Explosive Substances Act 1883 (c 3)
- Infant Life (Preservation) Act 1929 (c 34)
- Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (c 12)
- Public Order Act 1936 (1 Edw 8 & 1 Geo 6 c 6)
- Infanticide Act 1938 (c 36)
- Firearms Act 1968 (c 27)
- Theft Act 1968 (c 60)
- Criminal Damage Act 1971 (c 48)
- Immigration Act 1971 (c 77)
- Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c 2)
- Taking of Hostages Act 1982 (c 28)
- Aviation Security Act 1982 (c 36)
- Mental Health Act 1983 (c 20)
- Child Abduction Act 1984 (c 37)
- Public Order Act 1986 (c 64)
- Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c 33)
- Road Traffic Act 1988 (c 52)
- Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990 (c 31)
- Channel Tunnel (Security) Order 1994 (SI 1994/570)
- Protection from Harassment Act 1997 (c 40)
- Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c 37)
- Terrorism Act 2000 (c 11)
- International Criminal Court Act 2001 (c 17)
- Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (c 24)
- Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 (c 31)
- Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c 42)
- Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c 28)
- Terrorism Act 2006 (c 11)
- Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (c.28)
- Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 (c. 23)
- Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 (c. 6)
- F92 Serious Crime Act 2015
- Modern Slavery Act 2015 (c 30)
- F94 Health and Care Act 2022
- F95 National Security Act 2023
- Ancillary offences
- PART 1: Amendments relating to offences
- Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (c 12)
- Immigration Act 1971 (c 77)
- Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c 60)
- Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992 (c 34)
- Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c 42)
- Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004 (c 19)
- Serious Crime Act 2007 (c 27)
- Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c 25)
- Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c 9)
- Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c 10)
- PART 2: Amendments relating to slavery and trafficking reparation orders
- Administration of Justice Act 1970 (c 31)
- Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c 53)
- Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997 (c 27)
- Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (c 6)
- Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c 29)
- Courts Act 2003 (c 39)
- Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c 44)
- Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c 43)
- Prevention of Social Housing Fraud Act 2013 (c 3)
2015 CHAPTER 30
An Act to make provision about slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour and about human trafficking, including provision for the protection of victims; to make provision for an Independent Anti-slavery Commissioner; and for connected purposes.
[26th March 2015]
B
e it enacted
by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
(1)
A person commits an offence if—
(a)
the person holds another person in slavery or servitude and the circumstances are such that the person knows or ought to know that the other person is held in slavery or servitude, or
(b)
the person requires another person to perform forced or compulsory labour and the circumstances are such that the person knows or ought to know that the other person is being required to perform forced or compulsory labour.
(2)
In subsection (1) the references to holding a person in slavery or servitude or requiring a person to perform forced or compulsory labour are to be construed in accordance with Article 4 of the Human Rights...
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