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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-equality-act-2010-equal-pay-audits-regulations-2014/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2014/9780111117330",
  "legislation_title": "The Equality Act 2010 (Equal Pay Audits) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-equality-act-2010-equal-pay-audits-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Exemption for existing micro-businesses and new businesses",
  "text": "(1) A tribunal must not, within the applicable exemption period, order a respondent to carry out an audit in relation to persons employed for the purposes of a business where the respondent is carrying on that business and the business is—\n(a) an existing micro-business, or\n(b) a new business.\n(2) The Schedule defines “micro-business” and “new business” and the exemption period applicable for each.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111117330/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:12:35.714882+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."
}