{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/modern-slavery-act-2015/section-46",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/modern-slavery-act-2015/section-46.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2015/30",
  "legislation_title": "Modern Slavery Act 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/modern-slavery-act-2015",
  "path": "section/46",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": "Special measures for witnesses in criminal proceedings",
  "text": "(1) The Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 17(4) (witnesses eligible for assistance on grounds of fear or distress about testifying) for “section 4 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004” substitute “ section 1 or 2 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 ”.\n(3) In section 25(4)(a) (offences where court may direct evidence to be given in private) for “section 4 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004” substitute “ section 1 or 2 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 ”.\n(4) In section 33(6)(d) (offences where certain witnesses presumed to be under 18) for “section 4 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004” substitute “ section 1 or 2 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 ”.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/30/section/46",
    "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."
}