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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-working-time-regulations-1999/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/1999/0110854454",
  "legislation_title": "The Working Time Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-working-time-regulations-1999",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the European Communities Act 1972, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament. These draft Regulations supersede draft Working Time Regulations laid before Parliament on 27th July 1999 and are being issued free of charge to all known recipients of those draft Regulations.\nTERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT\nMade 1999\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)\nWhereas the Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to the organisation of working time;\nAnd whereas a draft of the following Regulations was laid before Parliament in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to that Act and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament:\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2(2) of that Act hereby makes the following Regulations—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1997/1174."
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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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