Assemble a modern slavery statement from last year’s statement and the supplier list
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Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- Draft a statement skeleton from the entity’s previous statement and a supplier list the client has provided, marking anything new.
- What the lawyer must review
- Check supply-chain, risk and action descriptions against what the client gave you
- Delete claims carried over from last year that are no longer true
- Written for / version
- Written for Australia
The work product
Forum. Commonwealth: Modern Slavery Act 2018
Produce. A draft statement with changes from the previous year marked.
Have ready. The previous statement; The current supplier or operations note; Instructions on what changed.
Example of the limit. Last year’s line “we audit all tier-one suppliers” stays out unless the client’s current note still says that.
Stop and hand it back when
- You have not opened the Act on whether this entity must report.
- The draft adds consultation, audits or policies the client has not described.
Sources for this task were checked on 2026-09-22.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Draft a statement skeleton from the entity’s previous statement and a supplier list the client has provided, marking anything new. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Confirm the reporting question against the Act before the draft is treated as required.
- Mark each paragraph as carried over, updated or new.
- Delete actions and policies that the current instructions do not support.
- The lawyer approves the statement that will be published.
Sources
- Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) · 2026-09-22
Suggested working checks from the linked public sources. Read the source and confirm it applies to this forum and this date. The checks do not approve software or record that the work is done.