Part 1: Labour Market and Illegal Working Section 12: PACE powers in England and Wales for labour abuse prevention officers
This section inserts a new section 114B into the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) allowing the Secretary of State, by regulations, to apply the provisions of PACE to officers of the GLAA with any modifications necessary. It allows the Secretary of State to designate officers with police-style powers which they may only use in relation to labour market offences relating to National Minimum Wage rules, employment agency regulations and relevant criminal offences, including the new enforcement order and Modern Slavery Act 2015 offences, as well as those under the Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004. It means that the power to extend the purposes for which officers of the GLAA can be given these PACE powers would be subject to the affirmative procedure, as recommended by the House of Lords Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee.
	Subsection (2) amends section 18 of the Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004 to also make it an offence for a person to obstruct an officer who is exercising his functions under PACE.