{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/acas-arbitration-scheme-england-and-wales-order-2001/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/1185",
  "legislation_title": "The ACAS Arbitration Scheme (England and Wales) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/acas-arbitration-scheme-england-and-wales-order-2001",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the ACAS Arbitration Scheme (England and Wales) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 21 May 2001.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the 1996 Act” means the Employment Rights Act 1996;\n“basic amount” means such part of an award of compensation made by an arbitrator as comprises the basic amount, determined in accordance with paragraphs 118 to 134 of the Scheme;\n“the Scheme” means the arbitration scheme set out in the Schedule with the exception of paragraphs 43, 94, 159, 162 to 167, 171, 177 and 178 thereof.\n(3) This Order extends to England and Wales.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1185/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:53:14.009366+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}