Regulation 2 Amendments to the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (Duty to Notify) Regulations 2015

The Modern Slavery Act 2015 (Duty to Notify) Regulations 2015^f1 are amended as follows.

In regulation 3(1), for “paragraphs (2) and (4)”, substitute “paragraph (2), as read with paragraph (2A), and paragraph (4)”.

In regulation 3(2), for “person”, substitute “victim” in each place in which it occurs.

After regulation 3(2), insert—

“(2A)

Nothing in paragraph (2) shall be read as requiring the consent of any person in paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 whom the public authority believes may also have been the victim of slavery or human trafficking by the same perpetrator.”.

In paragraph 8(2) of Schedule 1, omit “the public authority must include” and “in the notification”.