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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/modern-slavery-act-2015-consequential-amendments-regulations-2016/regulation-5",
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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": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Amendment to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984",
  "text": "In section 80(7) (compellability of accused’s spouse or civil partner), at the end insert—\n“, or an offence under section 2 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (human trafficking) committed with a view to exploitation that consists of or includes behaviour within section 3(3) of that Act (sexual exploitation).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/244/regulation/5",
    "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."
}