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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/acas-flexible-working-arbitration-scheme-great-britain-order-2004/schedule/paragraph-18",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2333",
  "legislation_title": "The ACAS (Flexible Working) Arbitration Scheme (Great Britain) Order 2004",
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  "path": "schedule/paragraph/18",
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  "number": "18",
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  "text": "Every agreement to refer a dispute to arbitration under this Scheme shall be taken to be an agreement that the arbitrator decide the dispute according to the following Terms of Reference:\nIn deciding whether to uphold the Flexible Working Claim the arbitrator shall:\nhave regard to relevant provisions of the Flexible Working (Procedural Requirements) Regulations 2002 and to any relevant ACAS Guidance;\napply EC law.\nThe arbitrator shall not decide the case by substituting what he or she would have done for the actions taken by the Employer.\nIf the arbitrator upholds the Flexible Working Claim, he or she shall determine the appropriate remedy under the terms of this Scheme.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2002/3207."
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  ],
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      "type": "word substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2013/1956",
      "affecting_title": "The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments) (Employment) Order 2013"
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      "affecting": "uksi/2014/386",
      "affecting_title": "The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments) (Employment) Order 2014"
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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."
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