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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-act-1988-commencement-no-2-order-1988/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-act-1988-commencement-no-2-order-1988/article-3.json",
  "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/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Commencement provisions",
  "text": "The following sections of the Act shall come into force on 1st February 1989, that is to say—\n(a) section 15 (Independent scrutiny of certain ballots and elections); and\n(b) section 33(1) (Minor and consequential amendments) to the extent that it relates to the following provisions of Schedule 3 to the Act—\n(i) paragraph 1 (which amends section 4 of the 1913 Act); and\n(ii) in paragraph 5, sub-paragraph (2)(a) (which amends section 2(5) of the 1984 Act), and sub-paragraphs (4)(b) and (5)(b) (which respectively amend sections 5(8) and 8(2)(a) of the 1984 Act) so far as they relate to section 15 of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1913 c. 30."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1984 c. 49."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2042/article/3",
    "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."
}