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Modern slavery and human rights supplier clause with audit rights
Supply contract clause requiring suppliers to identify and address modern slavery risks, cooperate with due diligence and audits, report incidents, remediate, and flow obligations down, supporting the buyer's Modern Slavery Act statement.
- Kind
- Clause. Wording to drop into a longer document.
- Where it applies
- Australia, United Kingdom (England and Wales)
- AI use
- Yellow AI can help in set ways. A lawyer checks specific points before use.
- Law stated as at
- 17 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked against the cited sources on 17 October 2026.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Use in supply, services and procurement contracts for buyers that report under the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth) or have human rights commitments. Adapt for low-risk suppliers. Do not use as a substitute for supplier due diligence.
How AI may be used
AI may screen supplier questionnaires and audit reports for red flags, but its output is only a lead for human due diligence, and supplier data must stay within the contract's confidentiality terms.
AI may
- Compare a supplier's proposed changes with this clause and list departures.
- Screen completed questionnaires and audit summaries for listed red flags, citing the passage relied on.
- Draft a remediation plan template from an incident report for the lawyer and procurement team.
AI must not
- Must not rate a supplier as low risk or clear a supplier on AI output alone.
- Must not receive worker personal information or grievance details in a tool not approved for that data.
- Must not draft public statements about a supplier incident.
The lawyer checks
- Audit and termination rights are proportionate and workable for the supplier's size and risk.
- Remediation is prioritised over immediate termination where that better protects affected workers.
- The clause supports, and is consistent with, the buyer's modern slavery statement.
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
Official form
Open the official form. Always use the current version from the issuer.
Read the full text
The full text is for signed-in accounts. It is free. When you sign in you can:
- read the whole precedent, with its drafting notes beside it;
- copy it, or download it as a Word file or Markdown;
- add it to your firm’s knowledge base, so colleagues can find it;
- let the AI tools you connect read it from that knowledge base.
The summary, the law it rests on and the AI-use guidance above stay public. Privacy.
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