69Part 5: interpretationU.K.
(1)In this Part—
“competent authority” means a person who is a competent authority of the United Kingdom for the purposes of the Trafficking Convention;
“conclusive grounds decision” means a decision by a competent authority as to whether a person is a victim of slavery or human trafficking;
“positive reasonable grounds decision” has the meaning given by section 61(1);
“reasonable grounds decision” means a decision by a competent authority as to whether there are reasonable grounds to believe that a person is a victim of slavery or human trafficking;
the “Trafficking Convention” means the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (done at Warsaw on 16 May 2005);
“victim of slavery” and “victim of human trafficking” have the meanings given in regulations made by the Secretary of State.
(2)Regulations under subsection (1) are subject to affirmative resolution procedure.
Commencement Information
I1S. 69 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 87(4)(h)
I2S. 69 in force at 30.1.2023 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2023/33, reg. 3(h)