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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-act-1988-commencement-no-2-order-1988/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/2042",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment Act 1988 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-act-1988-commencement-no-2-order-1988",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement provisions",
  "text": "Sections 8 (Use of funds for indemnifying unlawful conduct), 19 (Appointment etc. of the Commissioner), 20 (Assistance by the Commissioner) and 21 (Provisions supplemental to section 20) of the Act shall come into force on 5th December 1988.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2042/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:54:30.104993+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."
}