# The Employment Act 1988 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1988, Article 8: Transitional provisions


Nothing in section 11 of the Act, in paragraph 2(1) or (2) of Schedule 3 to the Act or in the repeals to the 1978 Act, the Employment Act 1980and the 1982 Actspecified in Schedule 4 to the Act shall apply—
(a) so far as those provisions relate to action short of dismissal, where the action complained of, or where that action is part of a series of actions the last action, occurs before the first commencement date; or
(b) so far as those provisions relate to dismissal, where the effective date of termination as defined in subsection (4) of section 55 of the 1978 Act, or where a later date is to be treated as the effective date of termination by virtue of subsection (5) or (6) and subsection (7) of that section that later date, falls before the first commencement date.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1118/article/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/employment-act-1988-commencement-no-1-order-1988/article-8
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