# Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Criminal Justice and Support for Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2015, Section 17: Interpretation of this Part


(A1) For the purposes of this Part, there is a conclusive determination that a person is, or is not, a victim of—
(a) slavery or servitude, or
(b) forced or compulsory labour,
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.
(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.
(1A) A reference in this Part to—
(a) slavery or servitude, or
(b) forced or compulsory labour,
is to be construed in accordance with Article 4 of the Human Rights Convention.
(2) 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2015/2/section/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/human-trafficking-and-exploitation-criminal-justice-and-support-for-victims-act-northern-ireland-2015/section-17
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