Part 5: Modern Slavery Section 58: Provision of information relating to being a victim of slavery or human trafficking
Overview: This section provides that the Secretary of State may serve a slavery or trafficking information notice on a person who has made a protection claim or a human rights claim. A recipient of such a notice is required to provide relevant information relating to being a victim of slavery or human trafficking within a specified period and, if providing information outside of that period, to provide a statement setting out the reasons for doing so.
	The purpose of this change is to achieve the following:
To identify individuals who have made an asylum or human rights claims who may also be potential victims of modern slavery at an early stage. This approach seeks to support the Government’s proactive duty to identify potential victims as early as possible and aims to ensure they receive the correct support package from the authorities at the earliest opportunity.
To enable potential grounds to be a victim of modern slavery to be considered alongside a protection or human rights claim, ahead of any appeal hearing. The factual account of previous experiences that can give rise to a referral as a potential victim of modern slavery can overlap with the factual accounts used to determine a protection or human rights claim. Considering all claims and information at the same time is intended to support both Home Office and judicial decision makers as well as victims by speeding up processes and considering all grounds collectively.
	Subsections 1 and 2 provide that a "slavery or trafficking information notice" may be served on individuals who have made an asylum claim or human rights claim. An information notice requires individuals to provide the Secretary of State (and any other competent authority specified in the notice) with any relevant status information before a specified time. Provision of late information will not bar modern slavery referrals from being considered. Whenever modern slavery grounds are raised, they will be considered.
	Subsections 3 sets out what is meant by "relevant status information", which is information that may be relevant for the purposes of making a reasonable grounds decision or a conclusive grounds decision in relation to the potential victim.
	Subsection 4 to 6 provide that, where information is provided on or after the date specified in the notice, the individual must set out in a statement the reasons for providing their evidence late.