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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/modern-slavery-act-2015/section-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/modern-slavery-act-2015/section-31.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2015/30",
  "legislation_title": "Modern Slavery Act 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/modern-slavery-act-2015",
  "path": "section/31",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Cross-border enforcement",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations amend section 30(1) so as to add to or remove from the list of orders in that section any relevant UK order.\n(2) “Relevant UK order” means an order under the law of Scotland or Northern Ireland which appears to the Secretary of State to be equivalent or similar to—\n(a) a slavery and trafficking prevention order,\n(b) an interim slavery and trafficking prevention order,\n(c) a slavery and trafficking risk order, or\n(d) an interim slavery and trafficking risk order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 31 in force at 31.7.2015 by S.I. 2015/1476, reg. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/30/section/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:06:43.809241+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."
}