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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/acas-flexible-working-arbitration-scheme-england-and-wales-order-2003/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/694",
  "legislation_title": "The ACAS (Flexible Working) Arbitration Scheme (England and Wales) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/acas-flexible-working-arbitration-scheme-england-and-wales-order-2003",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order sets out a scheme, submitted to the Secretary of State by ACAS pursuant to section 212A of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992, 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 sections 80G(1) or 80H(1)(b) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (flexible working). The Order extends to England and Wales only. The Order provides for the Scheme to come into effect on 6th April 2003. The Scheme will provide from that date a voluntary alternative to the employment tribunal for the resolution of claims arising out of an application for flexible working made under section 80F(1) of the 1996 Act by arbitration where both parties agree.\nThe Order also provides for certain provisions of the Arbitration Act 1996, as modified by the Order, to apply to arbitrations conducted in accordance with the Scheme.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/694/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:28:58.122091+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."
}