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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agricultural-wages-act-1948/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/11-12/47",
  "legislation_title": "Agricultural Wages Act 1948",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/agricultural-wages-act-1948",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to consolidate the Agricultural Wages (Regulation) Acts, 1924 to 1947, and so much of the Holidays with Pay Act, 1938, as enables a wage regulating authority to make provision for holidays and holiday remuneration for workers employed in agriculture in England and Wales.\n[13th July 1948]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Power to amend Act conferred by Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968 (c. 34), s. 46(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Act amended by Employment Protection act 1975 (c. 71), Sch. 9 Pt.II para. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Certain functions of Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under ss. 2, 9, 12-14, 16, Schs. 1, 3 now exercisable (W.) by Secretary of State or Minister and Secretary of State jointly: S.I. 1978/272, arts. 2, 4, Schs. 1, 2Act: Certain functions of a Minister of the Crown transferred to the National Assembly for Wales (W.) (1.7.1999 subject to entry in Sch. 1 of the amending Act) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Act excluded (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 39, s. 46(3)(4)(a) (with s. 36); S.I. 1999/685, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 3)Power to amend Act conferred (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 39, s. 47(2)(a)(3) (with s. 36); S.I. 1999/685, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 3)"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/11-12/47/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:22:52.605938+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."
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