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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order appoints 6th April 2024 as the day upon which the revised Code of Practice on requests for flexible working, which has been issued by ACAS under section 199 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c.52), will come into effect.

Article 3 provides that the revised Code of Practice does not apply to applications for flexible working made under section 80F of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18) which are made on or before 5th April 2024 except that any such application will be taken into account in determining whether an employee is prevented from making an application by section 80F(4) of that Act.

An impact assessment has not been prepared for this Order. This Order is part of a package of legislative measures, which includes the Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act 2023 and the Flexible Working (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1328), for which separate impact assessments have been produced and published alongside those instruments.