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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-families-act-2014-commencement-no-3-transitional-provisions-and-savings-order-2014/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/1640",
  "legislation_title": "The Children and Families Act 2014 (Commencement No. 3, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-families-act-2014-commencement-no-3-transitional-provisions-and-savings-order-2014",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 30th June 2014",
  "text": "(1) The following provisions of Parts 7 to 9 of the 2014 Act come into force on 30th June 2014 subject to the transitional and saving provisions in articles 9 and 10—\n(a) section 117 (shared parental leave);\n(b) section 118 (exclusion or curtailment of other statutory rights to leave);\n(c) section 119 (statutory shared parental pay);\n(d) section 120 (exclusion or curtailment of other statutory rights to pay);\n(e) section 121 (statutory rights to leave and pay of prospective adopters);\n(f) section 122 (statutory rights to leave and pay of applicants for parental orders);\n(g) section 123(1) and (2) (statutory paternity pay: notice requirement);\n(h) section 126(1) (further amendments) (in so far as it relates to the provisions listed in paragraph (2) in this article);\n(i) section 127(2)(a) and (b) (time off work to accompany to ante-natal appointments);\n(j) section 128(2)(a) to (c) (time off to attend adoption appointments);\n(k) section 131 (removal of requirement to be a carer);\n(l) section 132 (dealing with applications);\n(m) section 133 (complaint to employment tribunals); and\n(n) section 134 (review of sections 131 to 133).\n(2) The following provisions of Schedule 7 (statutory rights to leave and pay: further amendments) to the 2014 Act come into force on 30th June 2014 subject to the transitional and savings provisions in article 9—\n(a) paragraph 1;\n(b) paragraph 2(1) and (4);\n(c) paragraph 9(b);\n(d) paragraph 23;\n(e) paragraph 24(b);\n(f) paragraph 29;\n(g) paragraph 31(a);\n(h) paragraph 34(1), (3)(c) and (d), and (5)(c);\n(i) paragraph 39(a);\n(j) paragraph 41;\n(k) paragraph 42(b) and (c);\n(l) paragraph 47(1), (2)(b), and (3)(b);\n(m) paragraph 48(1);\n(n) paragraph 50;\n(o) paragraph 51(1), (2)(b), (3)(a)(ii) and (b)(ii), and (4)(b) and (c);\n(p) paragraph 52(1), (2)(b), and (3)(a)(ii), (b)(ii), and (c)(ii);\n(q) paragraph 53(1), (2)(b), and (3)(b); and\n(r) paragraph 73(1), (2) and (3).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1640/article/3",
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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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