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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/modern-slavery-act-2015-consequential-amendments-regulations-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/244",
  "legislation_title": "The Modern Slavery Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/modern-slavery-act-2015-consequential-amendments-regulations-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Modern Slavery\nMade 25th February 2016\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 57(2) and (3) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, section 93(1) and (2) of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 and section 85(2) and (3)(c) of the Serious Crime Act 2015.\nIn accordance with section 58(3) and (4)(k) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, section 93(5) of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 and section 85(5) of the Serious Crime Act 2015 a draft of these Regulations has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2015 c. 30."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2015 c. 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2015 c. 9."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/244/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:26:42.229659+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."
}