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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/code-of-practice-industrial-action-ballots-and-notice-to-employers-order-2017/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/233",
  "legislation_title": "The Code of Practice (Industrial Action Ballots and Notice to Employers) Order 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/code-of-practice-industrial-action-ballots-and-notice-to-employers-order-2017",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Trade Unions\nMade 28th February 2017\nThis Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 203(2) and 205 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (“the 1992 Act”).\nIn accordance with section 205(1) of the 1992 Act, the Secretary of State proposed to revise the Code of Practice on Industrial Action Ballots and Notice to Employers which came into effect on 1st October 2005, for the purpose of bringing it into conformity with subsequent statutory provisions by the making of consequential amendments and the omission of obsolete passages.\nIn accordance with section 205(2) of the 1992 Act, the Secretary of State laid before both Houses of Parliament a draft of the revised Code of Practice. Neither House of Parliament resolved within the period of 40 days that no further proceedings should be taken on the draft revised Code.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c.52."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The Code of Practice on Industrial Action Ballots and Notice to Employers was brought into force by S.I. 2005/2420 under section 203 of the 1992 Act and revised the Code of Practice on Industrial Action Ballots and Notice to Employers brought into force by S.I. 2000/2241."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/233/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."
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