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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-act-1988-commencement-no-1-order-1988/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1118",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment Act 1988 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-act-1988-commencement-no-1-order-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "TRADE UNIONS\nMade 27th June 1988\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by subsections (2) and (3) of section 34 of the Employment Act 1988, hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1988 c. 19."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1118/introduction",
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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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