New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MODERN SLAVERY ACT 2018

- As at 2 January 2022 
- Act 30 of 2018 

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Act
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Objects of Act
   4.      Extraterritorial application
   5.      Definitions

   PART 2 - ANTI-SLAVERY COMMISSIONER

           Division 1 - Appointment of Commissioner

   6.      Appointment of Anti-slavery Commissioner
   6A.     Employment and remuneration
   6B.     Vacancy in office
   6C.     Removal from office
   6D.     Acting Commissioner
   7.      Independence of Commissioner
   8.      Staff of Commissioner

           Division 2 - Functions of Commissioner

   9.      General functions of Commissioner
   10.     Restriction on exercise of functions
   11.     Strategic plan
   12.     Commissioner's public awareness and advice functions generally
   13.     Referral of matters to police and other agencies in the State and elsewhere
   14.     Co-operation between the Commissioner and New South Wales agencies
   15.     Co-operation with other persons and organisations
   16.     Personal liability--co-operation with Commissioner
   16A.    Personal liability--Commissioner and others
   17.     Incidental powers
   18.     Delegation

           Division 3 - Reports by Commissioner

   19.     Annual and other reports to Parliament
   20.     Reports under Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 and Crimes Act 1900

           Division 4 - Modern Slavery Committee

   21.     Constitution of Committee
   22.     Functions of Committee
   23.     Membership of Committee

   PART 3 - SUPPLY CHAINS

   24.     (Repealed)
   25.     Government agency procurement
   25A.    State owned corporations must make voluntary modern slavery statements if not already required
   25B.    State owned corporations must publish Commonwealth modern slavery statements
   26.     Public register
   27.     Codes of practice
   28.     Commissioner's public awareness and advice functions--supply chains

   PART 4 - (Repealed)
   None

   PART 5 - MISCELLANEOUS

   30.     Act to bind Crown
   31.     Annual reports
   32.     Expenditure under this Act
   33.     Nature of proceedings for offences
   34.     Regulations
   35.     Commissioner of Police to provide certain information
   36.     Review of Act
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2
           SCHEDULE 3
           Schedule 5 (Repealed)