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(1)Schedule 1 to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (availability of civil legal services) is amended as follows.
(2)In Part 1 (services), after paragraph 32 insert—
(1)Civil legal services provided to an individual in relation to an application by the individual for leave to enter, or to remain in, the United Kingdom where—
(a)there has been a conclusive determination that the individual is a victim of slavery, servitude or forced or compulsory labour, or
(b)there are reasonable grounds to believe that the individual is such a victim and there has not been a conclusive determination that the individual is not such a victim.
(2)Civil legal services provided in relation to a claim under employment law arising in connection with the conduct by virtue of which an individual who is a victim of slavery, servitude or forced or compulsory labour is such a victim, but only where—
(a)the services are provided to the individual, or
(b)the individual has died and the services are provided to the individual's personal representative.
(3)Civil legal services provided in relation to a claim for damages arising in connection with the conduct by virtue of which an individual who is a victim of slavery, servitude or forced or compulsory labour is such a victim, but only where—
(a)the services are provided to the individual, or
(b)the individual has died and the services are provided to the individual's personal representative.
(4)Sub-paragraph (1) is subject to the exclusions in Parts 2 and 3 of this Schedule.
(5)Sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) are subject to—
(a)the exclusions in Part 2 of this Schedule, with the exception of paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 of that Part, and
(b)the exclusion in Part 3 of this Schedule.
(6)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b) there are reasonable grounds to believe that an individual is a victim of slavery, servitude or forced or compulsory labour if a competent authority has determined that there are such grounds.
(7)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) there is a conclusive determination that an individual is or is not a victim of slavery, servitude or forced or compulsory labour when a competent authority concludes that the individual is or is not such a victim.
(8)For the purposes of this paragraph “slavery”, “servitude” and “forced or compulsory labour” have the same meaning as they have for the purposes of article 4 of the Human Rights Convention.
(9)The “Human Rights Convention” means the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, agreed by the Council of Europe at Rome on 4 November 1950, as it has effect for the time being in relation to the United Kingdom.
(10)The definitions of “competent authority”, “employment”, “employment law” and “personal representative” in paragraph 32(8) also apply for the purposes of this paragraph.”
(3)In Part 3 (advocacy: exclusion and exceptions), in paragraph 13 for “or 32(1)” substitute “ , 32(1) or 32A(1) ”.
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I1S. 47 in force at 31.7.2015 by S.I. 2015/1476, reg. 2(f)
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