{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/modern-slavery-act-2015/section-50",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/modern-slavery-act-2015/section-50.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2015/30",
  "legislation_title": "Modern Slavery Act 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/modern-slavery-act-2015",
  "path": "section/50",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "50",
  "heading": "Regulations about identifying and supporting victims",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations providing for assistance and support to be provided to persons—\n(a) who there are reasonable grounds to believe are victims of slavery or human trafficking;\n(b) who are victims of slavery or human trafficking.\n(2) The Secretary of State may make regulations providing for public authorities to determine (for the purposes of regulations under subsection (1) or other purposes specified in the regulations) whether—\n(a) there are reasonable grounds to believe that a person is a victim of slavery or human trafficking;\n(b) a person is a victim of slavery or human trafficking.\n(3) Regulations under subsection (2) may in particular make provision about the public authorities who may make such determinations, and the criteria and procedure for doing so.\n(4) If regulations under subsection (2) make provision for determining whether a person is a victim of slavery or human trafficking (as mentioned in paragraph (b) of that subsection), they must provide that the determination is to be made on the balance of probabilities.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 50(1)(a) substituted (30.1.2023) by Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), ss. 60(5)(a), 87(1); S.I. 2023/33, reg. 3(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 50(2)(a) substituted (30.1.2023) by Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), ss. 60(5)(b), 87(1); S.I. 2023/33, reg. 3(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 50(4) inserted (30.1.2023) by Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (c. 36), ss. 60(5)(c), 87(1); S.I. 2023/33, reg. 3(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/30/section/50",
    "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."
}