Commentary on provisions of the Act Section 25: Provisions relating to support: Northern Ireland
This section makes similar provision to that in sections 23 and 24 such as to disapply certain modern slavery provisions relating to support in Northern Ireland to persons in respect of whom the Secretary of State is under a duty to make removal arrangements under section 2(1), are in receipt of a positive reasonable grounds decision and who are not cooperating with a public authority in connection with an investigation or criminal proceedings in respect of the conduct or alleged conduct relevant to the reasonable grounds decision or a later conclusive grounds decision. Those provisions are:
	Section 18 of the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Criminal Justice and Support for Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 which places a duty on the Department of Justice to provide assistance and support to adult potential victims of human trafficking in accordance with the provisions of that section.
Section 18(8) of the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Criminal Justice and Support for Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 which provides a discretionary power to enable the Department of Justice to continue to provide support to potential victims in specific cases where a person is relocated to another jurisdiction on the advice of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
Section 18(9) of the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Criminal Justice and Support for Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 which provides a further discretionary power which enables the Department to continue to provide support to a person beyond the point where a conclusive determination is made, where that is considered necessary.