The Anti-Slavery Day Act 2010 (Specified Date) Order 2010

Type Statutory-Instrument
Publication 2010-09-21
State In force
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Made: 21st September 2010

Coming into force in accordance with Article 1

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the power conferred by section 1(1) of the Anti-Slavery Day Act 2010[^f00001], makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Anti-Slavery Day Act 2010 (Specified Date) Order 2010 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Specified Date

2

The date specified to be observed each year as Anti-Slavery Day is 18th October.

Signed

Damian Green — Minister of State — 21st September 2010

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Anti-Slavery Day Act 2010 introduced a national day to raise awareness of the need to combat slavery, human trafficking and exploitation.

This Order specifies that 18th October shall be observed each year as Anti-Slavery Day.

A full Impact Assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2010 c.14

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