{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/modern-slavery-act-2015-commencement-no-1-saving-and-transitional-provisions-regulations-2015/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/modern-slavery-act-2015-commencement-no-1-saving-and-transitional-provisions-regulations-2015/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1476",
  "legislation_title": "The Modern Slavery Act 2015 (Commencement No. 1, Saving and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/modern-slavery-act-2015-commencement-no-1-saving-and-transitional-provisions-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 31st July 2015",
  "text": "The following provisions of the 2015 Act come into force on 31st July 2015—\n(a) Part 1 (offences);\n(b) Part 2 (prevention orders);\n(c) Part 4 (the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner);\n(d) section 45 (defence for slavery or trafficking victims who commit an offence);\n(e) section 46 (special measures for witnesses in criminal proceedings);\n(f) section 47 (civil legal aid for victims of slavery);\n(g) Schedule 1 (slavery and human trafficking offences);\n(h) Schedule 3 (public authorities under a duty to co-operate with the Commissioner);\n(i) Schedule 4 (offences to which defence in section 45 does not apply); and\n(j) Schedule 5 (minor and consequential amendments), except paragraphs 11, 15, 20 and 27(3).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1476/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:34:11.312391+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."
}