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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-employment-equality-age-regulations-2006/schedule-5/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2006/0110742664",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-employment-equality-age-regulations-2006",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A term of a contract is void where—\n(a) the making of the contract is, by reason of the inclusion of the term, unlawful by virtue of these Regulations;\n(b) it is included in furtherance of an act which is unlawful by virtue of these Regulations; or\n(c) it provides for the doing of an act which is unlawful by virtue of these Regulations.\n(2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to a term the inclusion of which constitutes, or is in furtherance of, or provides for, unlawful discrimination against, or harassment of, a party to the contract, but the term shall be unenforceable against that party.\n(3) A term in a contract which purports to exclude or limit any provision of these Regulations is unenforceable by any person in whose favour the term would operate apart from this paragraph.\n(4) Sub-paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) shall apply whether the contract was entered into before or after the date on which these Regulations come into force, but in the case of a contract made before that date, those sub-paragraphs do not apply in relation to any period before that date.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2006/0110742664/schedule/5/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:21:16.444409+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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