{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employers-liability-defective-equipment-act-1969/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employers-liability-defective-equipment-act-1969/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1969/37",
  "legislation_title": "Employer’s Liability (Defective Equipment) Act 1969",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employers-liability-defective-equipment-act-1969",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Short title, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Employer’s Liability (Defective Equipment) Act 1969.\n(2) This Act shall come into force on the expiration of the period of three months beginning with the date on which it is passed.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) This Act, . . . does not extend to Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 2(3) repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. I"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. I"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/37/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:52:06.719189+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."
}