Part 1: Health Service in England: Integration, Collaboration and Other Changes Patient Choice and Provider Selection Section 81: Eradicating slavery and human trafficking in supply chains
Subsections (1) and (2) of section 81 insert a new section 12ZC into the NHS Act 2006. Subsection (1) of the new section 12ZC requires the Secretary of State to make regulations with such provision as the Secretary of State thinks appropriate with a view to eradicating the use in the health service in England of goods or services that are tainted by slavery and human trafficking.
	Subsection (2) of the new section 12ZC sets out that the regulations may include provision for procurement processes, including provision as to the circumstances in which suppliers must or may be excluded from consideration for the award of a contract; steps that must be taken by public bodies to assess and address the risk of slavery and human trafficking in health service supply chains; and matters to be included in contracts for goods or services procured for the health service.
	Subsection (3) of the new section 12ZC defines health service supply chains as supply chains for procuring goods or services for the health service in England; public bodies as bodies exercising functions of a public nature; slavery and human trafficking as defined in section 54(12) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, which includes conduct which constitutes an offence under a number of slavery and human trafficking acts, including the first part of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, and similar conduct taking place outside of the United Kingdom; and defines goods or services as "tainted" by slavery and human trafficking if it takes place in relation to anyone involved in the supply chain for providing those goods or services.
	Subsection (3) of section 81 amends section 272 of the NHS Act 2006 to ensure that any regulations made under this power are subject to the affirmative procedure.