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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/code-of-practice-english-language-requirements-for-public-sector-workers-regulations-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/1157",
  "legislation_title": "The Code of Practice (English Language Requirements for Public Sector Workers) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/code-of-practice-english-language-requirements-for-public-sector-workers-regulations-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Employment\nMade 29th November 2016\nLaid before Parliament 30th November 2016\nComing into force 22nd December 2016\nThe Minister for the Cabinet Office, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 81(3) and 83 of the Immigration Act 2016 (“the Act”) and now vested in the Minister makes the following Regulations.\nThe Minister has:\n(a) in accordance with section 81(1) of the Act consulted such persons as the Minister thinks appropriate in preparing a code of practice;\n(b) in accordance with section 81(2) of the Act laid a draft of the code of practice before Parliament;\n(c) in accordance with section 80(1) of the Act on 29th November 2016 issued a code for the purposes of section 77 of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2016 c.19."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See the definition of “relevant Minister” in section 83 of the Immigration Act 2016 c.19. The Transfer of Functions (Elections, Referendums, Third Sector and Information) Order 2016 S.I. 2016/997 section 3 transferred functions which were exercisable by the Secretary of State concurrently with the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to be instead exercisable by the Secretary of State concurrently with the Minister for the Cabinet Office."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1157/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."
}