Section 17 Interpretation of this Part

For the purposes of this Part, there is a conclusive determination that a person is, or is not, a victim of—

when, on completion of an identification process corresponding to one required by Article 10 of the Trafficking Convention, a competent authority concludes that the person is, or is not, such a victim.

For the purposes of this Part there is a conclusive determination that a person is, or is not, a victim of trafficking in human beings when, on completion of the identification process required by Article 10 of the Trafficking Convention, a competent authority concludes that the person is, or is not, such a victim.

A reference in this Part to—

is to be construed in accordance with Article 4 of the Human Rights Convention.

In this Part—

• “competent authority” means a person who is a competent authority of the United Kingdom for the purposes of the Trafficking Convention;

• “the Trafficking Convention” means the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (done at Warsaw on 16 May 2005);

• “trafficking in human beings” has the same meaning as in the Trafficking Convention.