{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/acas-arbitration-scheme-great-britain-order-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/753",
  "legislation_title": "The ACAS Arbitration Scheme (Great Britain) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/acas-arbitration-scheme-great-britain-order-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT\nMade 9th March 2004\nLaid before Parliament 15th March 2004\nComing into force 6th April 2004\nWhereas—\n(1) Under section 212A(1) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (“the 1992 Act”) the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (“ACAS”) may prepare a scheme providing for arbitration in the case of disputes involving proceedings, or claims which could be the subject of proceedings, before an employment tribunal arising out of a contravention or alleged contravention of Part X of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (unfair dismissal);\n(2) In pursuance of sections 212A(1) and (3) of the 1992 Act, ACAS has prepared a revised version of an arbitration scheme for unfair dismissal cases;\n(3) In pursuance of section 212A(3) of the 1992 Act, ACAS has submitted a draft of the revised scheme to the Secretary of State and the Secretary of State approves the revised scheme;\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by sections 212A(1), (3), (6), (7), (8) and (9) of the 1992 Act, hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 52; Section 212A was inserted by section 7 of the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 (c. 8)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1996 c. 18."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/753/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
}