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AUS-2018-L-113910
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Title_of_text
Modern Slavery Act 2018 No 30.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Australia
Territorial subdivision(s)
New South Wales
Subjects (Classification)
Elimination of forced labour
Adopted on (Date of text)
2018
Scope of text
State or Province
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
The objects of this Act are as follows—
(a) to combat modern slavery,
(b) to provide assistance and support for victims of modern slavery,
(c) to provide for an Anti-slavery Commissioner,
(d) to provide for detection and exposure of modern slavery that may have occurred or be occurring or that is likely to occur,
(e) to raise community awareness of, and provide for education and training about, modern slavery,
(f) to encourage collaborative action to combat modern slavery,
(g) to provide for the assessment of the effectiveness and appropriateness of laws prohibiting modern slavery and to improve the implementation and enforcement of such laws,
(h) to provide for mandatory reporting of risks of modern slavery occurring in the supply chains of government agencies,
(i) to make forced marriage of a child and certain slavery and slavery-like conduct offences in New South Wales,
(j) to further penalise involvement in cybersex trafficking by making it an offence to administer a digital platform for the purpose of child abuse material or encourage another person to use a digital platform to deal with child abuse material,
(k) to provide for education, training and guidance about identifying and addressing modern slavery taking place within supply chains of organisations.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
NSW Legislation, Australia
URL
https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/