{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-trafficking-and-exploitation-duty-to-notify-scotland-regulations-2026/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-trafficking-and-exploitation-duty-to-notify-scotland-regulations-2026/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2026/60",
  "legislation_title": "The Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Duty to Notify) (Scotland) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-trafficking-and-exploitation-duty-to-notify-scotland-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act 2015,\n“chief constable” means the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland,\n“exploitation” means exploitation for the purposes of an offence of human trafficking under section 1 of the Act, as defined in section 3 of the Act,\n“offence” means the offence of human trafficking or the offence of slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour,\n“offence of human trafficking” means the offence of human trafficking as specified in section 1 of the Act,\n“offence of slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour” means the offence of slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour as specified in section 4 of the Act,\n“specified person” means a person specified in regulation 5,\n“specified Scottish public authority” means a Scottish public authority specified in regulation 3,\n“victim” means a victim of an offence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2026/60/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:31:35.150322+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."
}