47 Civil legal aid for victims of slavery
Modern Slavery Act 2015 (2015 c 30) | Legislation

47  Civil legal aid for victims of slavery

(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—

“Victims of slavery, servitude or forced or compulsory labour

32A

(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

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