Part 13: General Schedule 7: Discretionary exclusion grounds Labour market misconduct
Paragraph 1 sets out that being subject to a Slavery and Trafficking Prevention Order, a Slavery and Trafficking Risk Order or interim versions of these orders, or Scottish or Northern Irish equivalents, or a Labour Market Enforcement Order constitutes a discretionary ground for exclusion.
	Paragraph 2 sets out that engaging in conduct overseas which would result in an Order specified in paragraph (1) if it occurred in the UK constitutes a discretionary ground for exclusion.
	Paragraph 3 sets out that a discretionary ground for exclusion applies where there is sufficient evidence that the supplier or a connected person has engaged in behaviour that would constitute certain offences under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (or the Scottish or Northern Irish equivalent offences). This ground applies even where the supplier has not been convicted of an offence. The offences referred to in the Modern Slavery Act are slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour, human trafficking, and failure to comply with certain orders and requirements under the Act. The intention behind this ground is to ensure that where there is sufficient evidence, suppliers involved in modern slavery can be excluded even if they operate in jurisdictions where conviction for these offences may be unlikely.