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Modern Slavery Act 2015 compliance tool

MSA 2015 (c. 30) · United Kingdom · Binding instrument

Name anyone on your staff. The system makes them your compliance person.

A member of your own staff, with no compliance background, reads the training module, answers the interview, and finishes with your Modern Slavery Act 2015 documentation cited article by article. The knowledge stays in the business.

Every account level runs inside a dedicated Claude account. Anyone can try a toolkit in their own Claude account; compliance work runs in a dedicated one. The Claude Max plan is £90 a month, paid to Anthropic, and is not included in any level.

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Modern Slavery Act 2015 is MSA 2015 (c. 30), a binding instrument in the United Kingdom. Slavery and human trafficking statements for businesses with total turnover of not less than 36 million pounds.

The free assessment screens for Modern Slavery Act 2015 when a business has total turnover of not less than 36 million pounds.

Size screen: turnover above £36 million.

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• Your exact position under Modern Slavery Act 2015: what is in place, what is missing, and what to do about each gap.
• Documentation with article citations, ready for auditors, insurers, customers and public buyers.
• A trained person inside the business who understands what the regulation requires, and stays.
• A dated record of every section completed, with the reports themselves staying in your own Claude account. The toolkit is carried by an account level, see the plans.
• All of it completed in-house, at your own pace, without booking a single meeting.

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Does Modern Slavery Act 2015 apply to my business?

The section 54 transparency duty applies to you if your organisation is a body corporate or partnership carrying on business in any part of the United Kingdom with an annual turnover of £36 million or more (section 54(2), section 54(12)). The core criminal offences in sections 1 and 2 apply to all persons in England and Wales.

Who does Modern Slavery Act 2015 apply to?

The Act applies to all persons in England and Wales for the core offences, and to UK nationals globally for certain offences committed abroad (section 2(6)). The section 54 duty applies to commercial organisations meeting the turnover threshold, and specific public authorities have notification duties.

Does Modern Slavery Act 2015 apply to a small business?

The Act has a size threshold for the section 54 duty only: commercial organisations with an annual turnover of £36 million or more are covered (section 54(2)). Most SMEs fall below this threshold and have no section 54 duty of their own.

When does Modern Slavery Act 2015 apply from, and what are the deadlines?

The section 54 duty came into force on 29 October 2015, and a statement must be prepared for each financial year (section 54(1)). An organisation without a website must provide a copy on written request within 30 days (section 54(8)).

What does Modern Slavery Act 2015 require me to do?

You must prepare an annual slavery and human trafficking statement (section 54(1)), have it approved and signed by the route matching your legal form (section 54(6)(a) to (d)), and publish it on your website with a prominent homepage link (section 54(7)).

What records or documents does Modern Slavery Act 2015 require me to keep or produce?

You must keep and produce the slavery and human trafficking statement for each financial year (section 54(1)), containing what section 54(4) requires. If you have no website, you must provide a copy to anyone who makes a written request within 30 days (section 54(8)).

What happens if I do not comply with Modern Slavery Act 2015?

No criminal offence and no civil monetary penalty attaches to a section 54 failure. In Scotland, section 54(11) duties are enforceable by specific performance under section 45 of the Court of Session Act 1988.

How do I start complying with Modern Slavery Act 2015?

The first practical step is to prepare the slavery and human trafficking statement for each financial year (section 54(1)), then have it approved and signed by the route matching your legal form (section 54(6)(a) to (d)).

Which ComplianceSME account includes the Modern Slavery Act 2015 toolkit?

The Modern Slavery Act 2015 agent toolkit is included from the Medium level.

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