{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-trafficking-and-exploitation-criminal-justice-and-support-for-victims-act-northern-ireland-2015/section-17",
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  "legislation": "nia/2015/2",
  "legislation_title": "Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Criminal Justice and Support for Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-trafficking-and-exploitation-criminal-justice-and-support-for-victims-act-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "section/17",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Interpretation of this Part",
  "text": "(A1) For the purposes of this Part, there is a conclusive determination that a person is, or is not, a victim of—\n(a) slavery or servitude, or\n(b) forced or compulsory labour,\nwhen, 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.\n(1) 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.\n(1A) A reference in this Part to—\n(a) slavery or servitude, or\n(b) forced or compulsory labour,\nis to be construed in accordance with Article 4 of the Human Rights Convention.\n(2) In this Part—\n“competent authority” means a person who is a competent authority of the United Kingdom for the purposes of the Trafficking Convention;\n“the Trafficking Convention” means the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (done at Warsaw on 16 May 2005);\n“trafficking in human beings” has the same meaning as in the Trafficking Convention.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 17(A1) inserted (28.4.2022) by Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 19), ss. 21(2)(a), 30(1)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 17(1A) inserted (28.4.2022) by Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 19), ss. 21(2)(b), 30(1)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2015/2/section/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:16.992081+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}